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"We want to fund more women" because "we want to fund the most successful startups, and many of those are going to be founded by women." How is this statement
by twiceaday 13y ago
"We want to fund more women" because "we want to fund the most successful startups, and many of those are going to be founded by women."
How is this statement supposed to be read? Probably not like this
"We are going to fund people we otherwise wouldn't because they happen to be women and many successful startups are going to be funded by women."
Also, probably not like this
"We want to have 'more than a thousand dollars' because we want to have 'more than a million dollars' and many times 'more than a thousand' is 'more than a million.'"
If that's the case then it would be much better to simply say
"We want to fund the most successful startups and it would not be in our best interest to differentiate founders based on gender."
- Varcht 13y agoI read it as , hmmph, you know... the market for men's ideas is probably getting close to being played out and there is probably an untapped market for products made by women... Diversity? Bonus!
- AnimalMuppet 13y agoI read this as "There are women who would make good founders. If we can find them and nurture them, even if it's more work for us, we're still going to make a lot of money by doing so." In fact, you could almost look at this as a startup-ish idea - finding an under-served niche, and making money from doing what nobody else is doing.