It's obvious in retrospect, but YC saw that Sam and Andres were animals[1]. (IIRC, Sam and Andres were the founders and brought on Harish just a bit after/durin

It's obvious in retrospect, but YC saw that Sam and Andres were animals[1]. (IIRC, Sam and Andres were the founders and brought on Harish just a bit after/during YC.) Octopart just would. not. die. Personally, I think the current fad of pivoting and pivoting is probably makes for happier/better founders (my God, the trough of sorrow - I've been there and I wish that upon no one), but the Octoparts had a vision and just stubbornly stuck to it. A thousand kudos to them; they're stronger than I. [1] http://www.paulgraham.com/start.html http://www.paulgraham.com/start.html