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Because the subject of the sentence is "a startup founder", not "Jason Cohen".

• marknutter 15y ago
  It's always irritated me to see the use of the word "her" because of the blatant political-correctness of it. If you want to be PC, use "their".
  • slewis 15y ago
    So we can only use "his" or "their"?
  • jiggy2011 15y ago
    constantly using "their" when reading anything that remotely resembles a story gets old pretty fast.
  • rfrey 15y ago
    You don't like implied political correctness. OP doesn't like implied gender bias. I don't like grammatical convolutions like using "their". What's to be done? How about focusing on the message?
    • marknutter 15y ago
      > what's to be done? use "their"
• mikemaccana 15y ago
  Then use 'their'.
  • sp332 15y ago
    This particular (hypothetical) startup founder happens to be singular, and female.
    • lawnchair_larry 15y ago
      https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Singular_they https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Singular_they
      • sp332 15y ago
        That's the exact opposite of the situation. I pointed out that the founder is singular and female, but the "singular they" is used for indeterminate number and/or gender.