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Re:Ask HN: How to find a woman technical co-founder? by jimmyvalmer on Monday August 09, 2021 @08:35PM (#28124004)
The "best qualified candidate" is not generally an objective measure -- if you can be more productive with someone your own gender and race, then that's all to the good, the largely American taboo of racial and gender sorting notwithstanding.
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Re:Ask HN: How to find a woman technical co-founder? by giantg2 on Monday August 09, 2021 @09:36PM (#28124331)
Not just taboo, but laws against discrimination.
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Re:Ask HN: How to find a woman technical co-founder? by CheezeIt on Monday August 09, 2021 @09:42PM (#28124363)
Not when searching for a business partner.
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Re:Ask HN: How to find a woman technical co-founder? by giantg2 on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @07:26AM (#28127465)
Doesn't that depend on what stage you're in and how you are bringing them in? Like I'd you already have a company set up and you are going to hire them as an employee without sufficient interest, then it does apply. If you're not giving them sufficient interest in the company (10%?), or it hasn't been formed yet, then I think it doesn't.
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Re:Ask HN: How to find a woman technical co-founder? by CheezeIt on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @10:31PM (#28151012)
There are also minimum employee sizes before racial discrimination law kicks in, I think 15, or 5 if you’re in California, but that is from rapid googling.
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