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Re:YC Open Office Hours by matheweis on Thursday December 10, 2015 @06:34PM (#10714444)
I didn't downvote. But I'd suspect that a part of the reason is that not all of the sessions will be divided/limited to specific groups. YC will "also open some months to anyone in the startup community."
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Re:YC Open Office Hours by leereeves on Thursday December 10, 2015 @06:39PM (#10714468)
I'm not sure how to interpret that. Does that mean those months are effectively primarily for white and Asian males, since many of the female, black, and Hispanic candidates will go to the exclusive sessions?
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Re:YC Open Office Hours by matheweis on Thursday December 10, 2015 @06:41PM (#10714481)
They are encouraged to apply for as many as possible: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10713817
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Re:YC Open Office Hours by leereeves on Thursday December 10, 2015 @06:47PM (#10714518)
Indeed, but if the best candidates are equally distributed across race and gender, and just black, Hispanic, and female founders are chosen for exclusive sessions, the best of the remaining candidates would be those that didn't qualify for the exclusive sessions.
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