Paul Graham認証済みアカウント

@paulg No. Being a "supporter" is entirely different from being a surrogate, keynote speaker, huge money donor. Also: Not an employee.

@dhh Would you fire an employee who donated a lot of money to Trump and spoke at the convention?

@paulg Thiel is not your employee. He's your billionaire business partner.

@dhh An employee is the closest thing to what a part-time partner is. So stop splitting hairs to evade the question. Would you?

@paulg Yes I would fire Peter Thiel if he was my employee

@dhh So where exactly do you draw the line? How much do 37signals employees have to support Trump in order to be fired?

@paulg Let's start with line being: 1) Registered delegate + 2) Keynote speaker + 3) $1.25m donor + 4) Active political surrogate.

@paulg Disassociating with a billionaire Trump surrogate as a biz partner has very little to do with employee-employer relationship.

@dhh AFAIK legal consqnces of firing an employee based on political belief. Is the same true for YC to move on without Thiel?

@paulg @dhh Paul Graham absolutely stumped @dhh, @dhh came off looking like a total pussy, don't let politics get in the way of business

@paulg @dhh Plenty of companies require pre-clearance for employee political involvment.

@paulg @dhh See: all of Wall Street.

@paulg @dhh If Thiel can't be managed on an employee basis, then he's a partner. And if he's a partner, YC can choose not to work /w him.

@dhh Ultimately, this isn't a legal issue -- it's a moral one. Stand up and be counted or stop complaining about Trump, @paulg.

@kchoudhu @dhh @paulg People used to say "Put your money where your mouth is". Thiel did that, will YC do ?