[JacobHarrington]

While I applaud the focus on diversity and think that it is important that organizations do not discriminate based on nationality/gender/whatever, I hardly think this is a serious concern for smaller companies looking to grow. While I don't believe that discrimination never happens, to me identifying a pattern of discrimination is something that is substantively more achievable with a larger organization than it is in a company with a size under 25.

Ultimately, what I'm getting at is that your question is approaching things from the wrong angle in my opinion. Companies should be choosing whomever best fits the role while ensuring they are not discriminating against minorities (either consciously or subconsciously). Setting out from the start to focus on diversity hires sounds a little too much like trying to fill quotas for my comfort.

[jagawhowho]

I am outraged by your post. Look at start ups as a whole and it is full of white people. By using the "small company" excuse you are allowing an entire segment of the economy to bypass diversity!

Start ups are in desperate need of diversity training.

[subsection1h]

> Look at start ups as a whole and it is full of white people. [...] Start ups are in desperate need of diversity training.

1. Browse the projects hosted at GitHub[1].

2. Find photos of the creators of these projects.

3. Notice that the overwhelming majority of the creators are white.

4. Realize that startups want to hire experienced software developers (e.g., developers who have projects on GitHub).

[1] https://github.com/search?q=stars%3A%3E0&s=stars