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by exogeny 1905 days ago
It’s very related. It’s hard to go and decide to start a company unless you’ve got the economics to do so, either in the form of available capital or a fall-back security blanket. Those things, in America, trend disproportionately White.

Don’t ever forget: for as much as they will try to make it seem like Silicon Valley is a true meritocracy, the #1 most common thing that successful entrepreneurs have is that they grew up rich.

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wait a second, I was told all I had to do was learn to meditate, read the stoics and take cold showers.