Maybe the point of economic filtering is to only accept single young men, who can devote every waking moment to their startup without any concern for dependents and such. You can get great velocity from such a pool.
Myself, with family, mortgage, etc. I would never be able to achieve that kind of velocity if I were accepted to YC.
So, even if I had incredible ideas, as people around here keep saying, and PG makes clear in his Viaweb essay, it is not about the ideas but about execution.
Thus, the economic filtering for those who are unencumbered and thus can really execute on their idea or something that YC comes up with makes a lot of sense.
>Maybe the point of economic filtering is to only accept single young men, who can devote every waking moment to their startup without any concern for dependents and such.
Maybe I am missing something here, but why can't women do that too?
I don't understand this point. Do you think anyone at any life situation should have equal opportunity of becoming a successful entrepreneur?
You do realize that by having a family and owning a house, you're pretty much on a completely different financial and stability level than a single young male.
Myself, with family, mortgage, etc. I would never be able to achieve that kind of velocity if I were accepted to YC.
So, even if I had incredible ideas, as people around here keep saying, and PG makes clear in his Viaweb essay, it is not about the ideas but about execution.
Thus, the economic filtering for those who are unencumbered and thus can really execute on their idea or something that YC comes up with makes a lot of sense.