"Tech is no longer playful and cute. It's taking people's jobs and changing environments. Everyone's threatened by it, which means you need to be like, 'I'm here and respectful,' as opposed to 'I'm here and intentionally disrespectful.'"
"You don't need finishing school. You need to build something great, make your users happy, and have craftsmanship."
"less feral."
Slow Ventures hosted a three-hour Etiquette Finishing School covering the perfect handshake, public speaking, office decorum, a fashion show with models demonstrating occasion-appropriate looks, and a closing lesson on caviar and wine. A few hundred founders applied for the free program at the Four Seasons in San Francisco; 50 founders were accepted and most attendees were male. The idea began as a joke after gauging interest at Y Combinator's Demo Day. Y Combinator advised against attendance while emphasizing that founders should prioritize building great products, satisfying users, and practicing craftsmanship over finishing school.
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