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I was at the barbecue and can say that she took some license with the conversations there. I (and others I've asked) didn't hear anyone asking who was going to
by arram 15y ago
I was at the barbecue and can say that she took some license with the conversations there. I (and others I've asked) didn't hear anyone asking who was going to acquire x company, etc.
The entire article comes off as condescending and self righteous. The suggestion that your company isn't worthwhile if you're not solving 3rd world problems is absurd. As is the notion that founders who are in it to make money are misguided. This sort of thing is typically said by someone with money - in this case a VC.
- rdl 15y agoWhy was she at this bbq?
- guiseppecalzone 15y agoI was at the BBQ as well. I didn't realize it at first, because the BBQ she describes is completely different from the BBQ I attended. I'm so perplexed, it leaves me wondering if this is ethical journalism. "At a BBQ last week with a group of Y Combinator graduates, the conversation went predictably back and forth, sounding something like this: What batch were you in? How many times did you pivot? How much did you raise? From who? How many users have you got now? What’s your growth rate? Who’s going to acquire you? It’s never about the technology or impact it’s having, it’s about the game of entrepreneurship; getting users, funding and exiting as quickly as you can."
- kul 15y agoSigh. Another inconsistency. Asking how many users you have is another way of asking what impact you're having.
- argv_empty 15y agoA company's having many users/customers is a type of impact, yes.
- garbowza 15y agoShe said "real world" not "3rd world", which certainly adds different context.