[jessedhillon]

Sort of amazing that someone (edit: someone of such stature) would utter something like this without, apparently, pausing to reflect whether their own subtle biases might be steering them into a comfortable observation. Then again, PG may actually have reflected deeply on the matter and still come to this conclusion, but the reasoning given strikes me as post-hoc.

Is the sample of successful YC companies (or all companies) even large enough to begin making generalizations? There's what, around a thousand? In that sample size there must be tremendous variety across any axis, not just English speaking ability.

[sp332]

Well he does qualify the idea with "it could be..." and follows it up with "I just know it's a strong pattern we've seen."