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I'm glad someone else noticed this. The whole thing felt really strangely phrased. It's possible that it was written by committee, (i.e. everyone editing a Goo
by kyleschiller 9y ago
I'm glad someone else noticed this. The whole thing felt really strangely phrased.
It's possible that it was written by committee, (i.e. everyone editing a Google doc), which often leads to this kind of writing.
Alternatively, maybe they just didn't want it to sound too much like PG's writing style.
Still, phrases like "Y Combinator’s goal is to cause there to be more startups, by helping founders to start them." don't exactly flow.
- rhapsodic 9y ago>Still, phrases like "Y Combinator’s goal is to cause there to be more startups, by helping founders to start them." don't exactly flow. Nor does this: "Y Combinator represents the union of two ideas that had not previously been combined: the application of mass production techniques to startup funding."
- rl12345 9y agoI think that sentence is good, it's just a matter of changing the 'to' to 'and'. "Y Combinator represents the union of two ideas that had not previously been combined: the application of mass production techniques [and] startup funding."
- rhapsodic 9y ago>I think that sentence is good, it's just a matter of changing the 'to' to 'and'. Which was pretty much my point.
- jonbarker 9y agoWhich mass production techniques did startup investors need? Assembly lines? Lean Six Sigma? The Toyota Production System? Not a trolling question, actually interested in any specific examples.