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I hope everyone realizes that these are going to be held on stage, and that if you do this, a lot of stuff of the type that companies usually like to keep secre
by pg 15y ago
I hope everyone realizes that these are going to be held on stage, and that if you do this, a lot of stuff of the type that companies usually like to keep secret is going to get
discussed in front of a roomful of people.
I also don't know if it's going to work. I compressed the time slots about 3x to make it interesting for the audience. Since I won't know the startups already and the time slots are so short, the result will probably be more like YC interviews than office hours.
- brlewis 15y agoI like the idea of seeing something more like a YC interview than office hours. I look forward to seeing the video.
- dreamux 15y agoWould you consider doing this as a teleconference on a regular basis (ex. once a quarter)? It would be valuable access to a much wider audience.
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- davidw 15y agoWith a family, and N Y Combinator companies to follow, what would be the benefit for PG in doing so?
- dtran 15y agoThis format definitely detracts from the total benefit these companies can get from these office hours, but the possible press from getting their idea vetted by you on stage somewhat compensates for not being able to ask the pressing questions that usually come up at OH. My one question would be: can you be as brutally honest as you need to be on stage with a team you've never seen before and might never see again? If so, then I think this is still an invaluable experience for the companies - most startups that just get feedback from their friends and a few early adopters don't get to hear the things that they need to.
- pg 15y agoI suspect after all these years habit will take over. I've noticed that happening at other events where I had to talk to startups.
- RealGeek 15y agoWill you be selecting the startups or TechCrunch?
- ChuckMcM 15y agoSounds like a splendid idea. Not sure if I'll be at TCD this year but if I am I'll be sure to check it out.
- phlux 15y agoPG, can you please give us a description of what Office Hours means. cool, whomever down voted this you are a pretentious ass - rather than explain, you downvote. As a side thought: Given that we have had this ongoing discussion about the comment scores being hidden to preserve real dialogue - we should require a comment for every downvote, such that every downvote comes with an explanation or talking point for further discussion. As it stands, the downvote is a silent and anonymous point of disagreement -- is allowed, and becomes visable (through greyed out comments) -- where the ability to see the comment's upvote count is not allowed and not reflected in the font size/color of the comment and thus invisible. PG, I respectfully disagree with any and all reasonings you may have of hiding comment upvotes, and my opinion is only reinforced through the visable effect downvotes have on comments.
- nostromo 15y agoA big portion of the article answers this question.
- alagu 15y agoA more detailed explanation of office hours in pg's 'At YC' article - http://ycombinator.com/atyc.html http://ycombinator.com/atyc.html
- alnayyir 15y agohnofficehours.com I worked on this webapp with ez, guz, and others. The idea is that people with knowledge/expertise in a subject can "hold office hours" with (strangers?) people looking for advice.
- marrington 15y agoI think companies will be quite willing to open up. I share the concern on the time compression though. My gut said 20 minutes per company would still be interesting with the right companies/people. But this is an experiment, let's see how it goes.