Good Luck Getting Into Silicon Valley's "Startup Castle"

Good Luck Getting Into Silicon Valley’s “Startup Castle”

There’s a house in San Francisco called the Startup Castle which houses the best and brightest young entrepreneurs attempting to create the Next Big Thing. So, if you want to pay $1000 dollars a month to share a room with a guy attempting to create an App that shows you the closest place to a buy a cheeseburger, Startup Castle may be for you.

The only hitch is, there’s a long list of Do’s and Dont’s to even step through the front door:

Do’s:

– Have a top-class degree or job with a strong math/science requirement
– Exercise at least 15 hours in a normal week
– Commute by car less than 20% of the time (Bicycle commuter!)
– Prefer organized systems and common rules
– Like petting dogs

Dont’s
– Watch more than 4 hours of TV/movie/game entertainment per week
– Have more than 1 tattoo
– Have ever attended more than 1 protest
– Make more than three posts a week to social media
– Listen to a songs with explicit lyrics more than an once a day
– Wear make-up more than twice a week
– Own any clothing, shoes, watches, or handbags costing over $500
– Have bills that get paid by somebody else
– Drive a vehicle that was given to you by your parents
– Get regular spending money or gifts from your parents
– Have more than one internet app date per week
– Have a complex diet that requires lots of refrigerator space
– Drink alcohol more than 3 drinks per week
– Use marijuana more than twice a year
– Have been prescribed anything by a psychiatrist more than once
– Use any other drug more than twice in your entire life

It’s easier to get into the CIA.

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