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Robert Morris[1] is VERY (!VERY!) technical and he commented on my YC application many many many years ago somewhat along the same lines. I am not trying to be
by nodesocket 8y ago
Robert Morris[1] is VERY (!VERY!) technical and he commented on my YC application many many many years ago somewhat along the same lines. I am not trying to be negative, but sometimes VERY technical people "poopoo" ultimately successful businesses because they seem trivial or technically not interesting to the engineer inside them (see "Show HN: Dropbox" comments).
In contrasts perhaps they fall in love with deeply technical ideas that pleases the engineer inside them, but ultimately will fail to become a successful business.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Tappan_Morris https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Tappan_Morris
- tim333 8y agoSlightly off topic but PG was funny talking about him in the recent video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WO5kJChg3w&feature=youtu.be&t=11m https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WO5kJChg3w&feature=youtu.be...