>Now you're the one being flippant, you've no data beyond anecdote to support this statement. You're right, sorry. I should have said, "many". The issue that

>Now you're the one being flippant, you've no data beyond anecdote to support this statement. You're right, sorry. I should have said, "many". The issue that I take with the current ecosystem, which I think the author also shares, is the preponderance of "toy" startups that do seem very much to be built with an acquisition in mind. >If I based my thoughts about startups on people I met at networking events in San Francisco, as the author appears to have done, then I might share the same view, I'd also be suffering from selection bias Selection bias is always a problem. I'm basing my beliefs of what I see on HN and elsewhere. That might not be the best idea, as there's a lot of self-promotion and whatnot here, and we see a lot of startups in their very early stages. That said, the mentality the author is complaining about does seem to be prevalent.