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Maybe it's just that I've only ever worked for YC companies since my first job (which was owned entirely by one person), but it seems to me that they've given t
by the_watcher 10y ago
Maybe it's just that I've only ever worked for YC companies since my first job (which was owned entirely by one person), but it seems to me that they've given them the world's dumbest board - trying to force them to do things, installing a veteran CEO, and hiring a shitload of salespeople without building the product. Those are all things that I know happen in startups, but a company founded entirely by engineers doesn't seem like it would ever entirely give up on the product.
That said, 90% of what I see on Silicon Valley is remarkably accurate.
- kbenson 10y ago> it seems to me that they've given them the world's dumbest board ... hiring a shitload of salespeople without building the product. That wasn't the board, that was the CEO. > a company founded entirely by engineers doesn't seem like it would ever entirely give up on the product. When did they? They fought, they whined, they tried to form a conspiracy, and finally they bargained and compromised. I don't recall them ever giving up.