[jsun]

YC's purpose is to advance the goals of the startups that it represents and make its investors money. Secondarily it tries to help develop the startup ecosystem regardless of whether the companies are in YC.

I don't understand why politics can't be a tool to achieving those ends. Especially when the DNC is aligned with the startup community on many of the key political issues, like founder immigration reform, that can affect all of us.

[rhizome]

Especially when the DNC is aligned with the startup community on many of the key political issues, like founder immigration reform, that can affect all of us.

Here's a thought experiment: Republicans are also aligned with startup interests: low taxes, low corporate liability, weakened labor laws, that can affect all of us.

[jsun]

yeah but all of those things are oh so unsexy to talk about given what's going on in SF right now