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Compare and contrast with this: https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1121382480303407106 https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1121382480303407106 Just goes to show the
by statictype 7y ago
Compare and contrast with this: https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1121382480303407106 https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1121382480303407106
Just goes to show there's no right answer.
What works for one person doesn't necessarily work for another.
I'm curious about anyone else who successfully scaled through partnerships.
- axelut 7y agoYep, there is no right answer in this. In our case, a partnership where we built something together or on top of a framework is working very good for us, as we create new products. So we have 2 options, we either work on new products from scratch or we partner to create something better. Don't know if Paul Graham talked about this way of working, I think he was thinking of partnership = "a big enterprise said something about you". Hope I understand right his tweets.
- tonyedgecombe 7y agoThe problem I’ve had is filtering out the time wasters, there are so many that I eventually started saying no to everybody who approached with an “opportunity”.
- theK 7y agoBTW, if you find an answer to that, I would be interested.
- gowld 7y agopg is naturally opposed to any business model that isn't the one he promotes through YC. It's not particularly interesting to here the details of that.
- statictype 7y agoI don't think YC is opposed to their startups signing partnerships. He seems to have experience that suggests it has been tried but doesn't work.
- dang 7y agoIf it worked, he or YC would have every reason to favor it. So if you're right, this supports what pg said.