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Re:Black Swan Farming by tlogan on Sunday September 09, 2012 @11:56PM (#4498240)
This is probably true also for evaluating entrepreneurs where blindest is even greater (I call it "young white male syndrome").

It seems like if an entrepreneur is a little different (black, hispanic, women, little eccentric, older, etc.) he/she need to act and behave like "white young male" in order get noticed and funded. However, in that case he/she might be hiding the characteristics which will make them "rock star".

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Re:Black Swan Farming by josdewolk on Monday September 10, 2012 @02:02AM (#4498518)
Love to see a little race get tossed into Hacker News. Thanks for speaking up.
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Re:Black Swan Farming by AndrewNCarr on Monday September 10, 2012 @10:33AM (#4499966)
Ageism, racism, and sexism all in one, impressive. And what stereotypes do you attribute to that demographic which are unique and oppressive to others? Seems to me the only thing in question here is creativity and ambition.
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