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Any comment regarding Jason Calacanis being banned from YC's upcoming demo day? Jason tweeted[1] his side but didn't know what the YC side of it was and was curious. [1] https://twitter.com/Jason/status/710176806184349696 We collect feedback from YC founders on investors (we have a giant database of this). If you mistreat founders, we don't invite you to Demo Day. This isn't permanent--if you stop mistreating founders we start inviting you again. Also, it's possible that our founders are wrong in their assessment of how a particular investor is treating them, but investors have enough advantages in the system and we unashamedly take the side of our founders. EDIT: I also never think these things are black and white, and that all of us have good and bad parts. I've heard from plenty of founders that Jason has been very helpful to their companies. much love, thanks for speaking at the Angel Summit earlier this month! Jason was one of the first and most helpful investors in Rapportive (YC

Hey Sam, Any comment regarding Jason Calacanis being banned from YC's upcoming d... | Hacker News Hacker News new | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit login BinaryIdiot on March 18, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: I Am Sam Altman, President of Y Combinator. AMA Hey Sam, Any comment regarding Jason Calacanis being banned from YC's upcoming demo day? Jason tweeted[1] his side but didn't know what the YC side of it was and was curious. [1] https://twitter.com/Jason/status/710176806184349696 sama on March 18, 2016 | next [–] To be clear, it has nothing t

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