Diversity and Startups
What about class?<p>Ivy League Parents -> Private School -> SAT tutoring -> Ivy League College -> Investment by Ivy League VC -> Acquired by Ivy League Tech Company<p>vs<p>Poor parents -> Shitty Public School -> High School Drop Out -> Programmer at Ivy League Tech Company (maybe)<p>There's a reason most of the big tech companies are from Ivy League graduates.<p>And you can't ignore how many successful startups only happened because parental financial support. Someone working paycheck to paycheck to pay for college isn't going to have a reading week to hack with. Or can't borrow $40k from their parents. Or live at home for free.<p>The game is ultimately fair - even a dog could get funded with traction. But there really is a class system in the U.S. and it is probably the biggest bias in the system.