@hpierrejacques 🤌🏿 it’s the happy Monday for me

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@hpierrejacques Imagine how many amazing underrepresented founders you could be investing in if you had your DMs open.

@Taytus The firm DM is better

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@hpierrejacques Brilliant exchange on your part, Henri. Happy Monday✊🏼

@hpierrejacques Love this response. I hope you don't mind, but I'm going to borrow this line the next time I get into a discussion about hiring diverse data science talent.

@hpierrejacques Wurd!

@hpierrejacques 💯✊🏾

@hpierrejacques Someone:

@hpierrejacques I tell people something similar. I believe underrepresented Founders more often than not have the skill sets and experiences to make them the best at solving tough problems.

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@hpierrejacques Love that!

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@hpierrejacques 🤔 I’ll have to reach out. #robotics

@hpierrejacques Great response!👍🏻

@hpierrejacques Why use skin color or gender as a factor at all?

@hpierrejacques I hate the “lowering the bar” comments We get asked about that for @close_first … “Who the hell said this was lowering the bar!”

@hpierrejacques Exactly

@hpierrejacques Because of the qualifier that you chose. If you qualify something with an adjective, the common language assumption, is that it's the most significant descriptor for that thing "We invest in the best founders". Any adjective in its place will seem like the primary credential