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You have to admit though that this guy is smart. Getting kicked out of YC is probably exactly what he wanted. It will be PR magic for his startup... He almost d
by jondubois 10y ago
You have to admit though that this guy is smart. Getting kicked out of YC is probably exactly what he wanted. It will be PR magic for his startup... He almost definitely planned the whole thing from the beginning.
- minimaxir 10y agoOn the other hand, the very public circumstances of the dismissal will make it impossible to get funding for the startup from legitimate investors.
- jondubois 10y agoI don't think so. He will find even stronger support among conservatives (especially when you factor in the nature of his startup). That's the thing about capitalism; there is no down-vote button. The more controversy you create, the better it gets financially. Friends pay well and enemies don't cost much. I think that this guy was secretly hoping for a Clinton win; then he would have looked even more like a victim; and the defeated, angry Trump supporters would have been cheering him on with pitchforks in their hands.