&gt;He also says people with strong
accents are bad founders<p>More accurately, he said that people who fail to improve their accent over time are likely to be bad founders. I don&#x27;t have a strong belief about this hypothesis one way or another but I see no reason to dismiss it out of hand (expect for signaling).<p>&gt;we
shouldn&#x27;t allow women to be
founders today because they
probably haven&#x27;t been hackers for 10
years<p>That &quot;we&quot; shouldn&#x27;t <i>allow</i> women to be founders is not just an uncharitable interpretation of PG&#x27;s words, it&#x27;s a downright implausible one.