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I mean... 90 billion and this is the best he could come up with? An award for one YC company per batch. I guess it's kind of cool, but it's unremarkable at best
by grdeken 6y ago
I mean... 90 billion and this is the best he could come up with? An award for one YC company per batch. I guess it's kind of cool, but it's unremarkable at best.
- gk1 6y agoI guess it's supposed to be a close mentorship, in which case the low mentor-to-mentee ratio is a plus.
- Swizec 6y ago“Waaa rich people don’t do anything to help others” Rich person does a thing “No that’s not enough you must do more! This is crap” Why would anyone choose to help us peasants if this is how we react?
- cactus2093 6y agoBased on all the socialist rhetoric I often see these days, I suspect the serious answer from the kind of person you would be having this discussion with, would be "and that's why it needs to not be a choice". Under the "billionaires should be illegal" plans from the likes of Bernie and AOC, people like Brian Chesky and Ron Conway should have had all their wealth taken from them long before they got to this point.
- grdeken 6y agoI didn't say it's crap. It said it's unremarkable. He is welcome to do (or not do) w/e he wants.
- jariel 6y agoThis is a cynical take but a reasonable sentiment. The charitable/giving nature of this hyper large organizations is pale relative to their size. I think this is a something fundamentally missing from the DNA of these companies.