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You really should not be being downvoted as your opinion is shared (in my experience) by the majority of struggling startup founders. The founders want to get b
by chippy 10y ago
You really should not be being downvoted as your opinion is shared (in my experience) by the majority of struggling startup founders. The founders want to get big and successful and view negativity by techies as at best needless pessimism and at worse as symptomatic of a kind of anti-capitalism.
Capitalists who value the free market who are also the bosses and entrepreneurs see opposition to their money making efforts as an affront to their very core values.
In my opinion it's the wrong way to think - and the root cause is unchecked free market capitalism. However, I think it's true that many people think that to succeed as a startup, money comes before morals. We shouldn't hide that, but criticise it and voice our concerns.
- umanwizard 10y agoWho cares what struggling startup founders believe? This forum isn't specifically for startup founders and their perspective isn't favored over anyone else's here. It just happens to be hosted on a subdomain of a startup accelerator but the overwhelming majority of people who read it are not involved with startups.
- lightedman 10y agoYes, they absolutely should be downvoted. Uber is not a YC company, and such disingenuity should not be given pass.