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Somewhat analogous I believe to previous post I have seen from a YCombinator investor is basically: "Why You, Why This and Why Now?". I'm paraphrasing. I can't

by agentgt 10y ago

Somewhat analogous I believe to previous post I have seen from a YCombinator investor is basically: "Why You, Why This and Why Now?". I'm paraphrasing. I can't find the original as there are lots of copy cats (including Seth Godin [1]... intentional or not). Even ATDC [2] the very startup booster organization that did not accept us (I laugh at this because our startup is still around and successful unlike all the others they did accept). Which brings me to a great segue... you don't need a pitch if your company makes money. [1]: http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2010/01/why-you-why-now.html http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2010/01/why-you-why-... [2]: http://atdc.org/atdc-news/why-this-why-now-why-you/ http://atdc.org/atdc-news/why-this-why-now-why-you/

lpolovets 10y ago
Any chance the original post you're talking about was http://codingvc.com/why-this-why-now-why-you/ http://codingvc.com/why-this-why-now-why-you/ or http://blog.asmartbear.com/five-whys.html http://blog.asmartbear.com/five-whys.html?
- agentgt 10y ago
  No it was like 2-3 years ago. I thought it was by one of the ycombinator folks but I can't seem to google. I'm sure it wasn't the first but it was the first time I have seen the questions (since then I have seen similar things reposted a dozen or so times).
- agentgt 10y ago
  Aha I think I have found one of the originals: http://altos.vc/2013/05/why-big-why-now-why-you/ http://altos.vc/2013/05/why-big-why-now-why-you/ IMO the above is very good.
  - lpolovets 10y ago
    Great article. Thanks for sharing it after you found it!