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> What, do they think that VC's just go, "Oh you sort of LOOK like Mark Zuckerberg. Take my money." It's a reference to something pg said about himself: """An
by gammarator 13y ago
> What, do they think that VC's just go, "Oh you sort of LOOK like Mark Zuckerberg. Take my money."
It's a reference to something pg said about himself:
"""And Graham knew that he had his own biases. “I can be tricked by anyone who looks like Mark Zuckerberg. There was a guy once who we funded who was terrible. I said: ‘How could he be bad? He looks like Zuckerberg!’ ” """
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/05/magazine/y-combinator-silicon-valleys-start-up-machine.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/05/magazine/y-combinator-sili...
- k2xl 13y agoThat isn't aegism, that's someone who "looks" like Zuckerberg. Lots of people who look like Bill Gates gets funded too. And there's a difference between investing 15K in a startup and 1M+. I highly doubt anyone invests millions of dollars because a founder looks "young"