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"He founded and led two companies, Webvan Group and Business Signatures, which were both sold." Bringing up Webvan and only saying that it sold is like bringin
by ciscoriordan 16y ago
"He founded and led two companies, Webvan Group and Business Signatures, which were both sold."
Bringing up Webvan and only saying that it sold is like bringing up Ted Kaczynski and only saying that he went to Harvard.
This is written like the author is trying to play up YouWeb, but I don't know why he would be motivated to do that.
- samtp 16y agoI don't know Peter, but thats a horrible comparison. While the article may be biased, people here on the Y Combinator board should show some respect. Just because he has a different model doesn't make it a threat to Y Combinator.
- aristus 16y agoThe OP was talking about omission, not Peter directly. Webvan was a spectacular, legendary failure that destroyed almost a billion dollars of investor wealth, mainly through incompetently aping Amazon's business model without fully understanding it. Not even bothering to hint at that when talking about someone who led the company is a huge omission bordering on a lie. Wikipedia: "Webvan tried to embrace a total customer satisfaction model involving a 30 minute window delivery without considering that many working customers would like their groceries delivered at home at night."