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> “He is not a partner,” Manalac said. “He never has been. We have 19 full-time partners who work very closely with the companies.” She went on to say that she

by jkelsey 10y ago

> “He is not a partner,” Manalac said. “He never has been. We have 19 full-time partners who work very closely with the companies.” She went on to say that she “can understand why people would be very scared and nervous about that but he will definitely have no interaction with the ACLU. So why not cut ties already? If Thiel isn't involved anymore, and he's working with the Trump administration, why doesn't he resign his partnership and move on?

dragonwriter 10y ago
> > “He is not a partner,” Manalac said. “He never has been. [...]” > why doesn't he resign his partnership and move on? Because to resign his partnership, he'd first have to be a partner.
- jkelsey 10y ago
  What are you talking about? Yes he is: http://blog.ycombinator.com/welcome-peter/ http://blog.ycombinator.com/welcome-peter/
  - dragonwriter 10y ago
    > What are you talking about? I'm quoting the statement from YC Partner Kat Manalac in TFA, which was also quoted in the post I was responding to. If you want to ask why YC is denying that he has ever been a partner now after welcoming him as a "part-time partner" previously, well, you'd have to ask someone else. But it doesn't make sense to quote a statement about how he never has been a partner and respond to it with a question about why he doesn't resign his partnership.
    - jkelsey 10y ago
      It does make sense. Y Combinator has a relationship with Thiel. He's been declared as a partner many times in the past; now they're saying he's not. That's why I'm asking the rhetorical question. I'm afraid you're taking the passage quoted here and removing all other context.
crankshift 10y ago
Because he's one of the most successful businessmen+investor of our time? So is Trump, two powerful industry magnates cooperating to make a country as great as it can be, what's wrong with that? Thiel is the only reason I applied in YC.
revoltingx 10y ago
Why would he resign from YC just because he's not participating in this one project? He's highly successful and his book Zero to One is pretty good.
haaen 10y ago
Manalac could have said that Thiel is a part time partner.

by jkelsey 10y ago

dragonwriter 10y ago

> > “He is not a partner,” Manalac said. “He never has been. [...]” > why doesn't he resign his partnership and move on? Because to resign his partnership, he'd first have to be a partner.

jkelsey 10y ago
What are you talking about? Yes he is: http://blog.ycombinator.com/welcome-peter/ http://blog.ycombinator.com/welcome-peter/
- dragonwriter 10y ago
  > What are you talking about? I'm quoting the statement from YC Partner Kat Manalac in TFA, which was also quoted in the post I was responding to. If you want to ask why YC is denying that he has ever been a partner now after welcoming him as a "part-time partner" previously, well, you'd have to ask someone else. But it doesn't make sense to quote a statement about how he never has been a partner and respond to it with a question about why he doesn't resign his partnership.
  - jkelsey 10y ago
    It does make sense. Y Combinator has a relationship with Thiel. He's been declared as a partner many times in the past; now they're saying he's not. That's why I'm asking the rhetorical question. I'm afraid you're taking the passage quoted here and removing all other context.

crankshift 10y ago

Because he's one of the most successful businessmen+investor of our time? So is Trump, two powerful industry magnates cooperating to make a country as great as it can be, what's wrong with that? Thiel is the only reason I applied in YC.

revoltingx 10y ago

Why would he resign from YC just because he's not participating in this one project? He's highly successful and his book Zero to One is pretty good.

haaen 10y ago

Manalac could have said that Thiel is a part time partner.