Stanford University Is Going To Invest In Student Startups Like A VC Firm

Re:Stanford University Is Going To Invest In Student Startup... by lhnz on Thursday September 05, 2013 @06:40AM (#6333279)

So basically investors won't even give you the time of day if you speak with a non-foreigner accent and aren't affiliated with an ivy-league university.

Everything I've heard about startup investment recently has made me feel sad about the world.

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Re:Stanford University Is Going To Invest In Student Startup... by daveove on Thursday September 05, 2013 @08:07AM (#6333580)

This is one specific investor therefore I'd caution making generalizations about "investors" in general. Accents - I presume you mean "if you speak with a foreign accent" and are alluding to PG's comments about accents. I'd read PG's clarification on the context of the comment. http://paulgraham.com/accents.html TLDR; it has more to do with the inability to understand what is being said.

That said, raising capital is challenging.

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