4 ms·
This sentiment is an insult to the hard work, blood, sweat, and tears that my YC friends and colleagues put in every single day. YC is made up of brilliant, ha
by garry 15y ago
This sentiment is an insult to the hard work, blood, sweat, and tears that my YC friends and colleagues put in every single day.
YC is made up of brilliant, hard working hackers, designers and hustlers who are trying to change the world through building disruptive software. It's never been about flipping. It has _always_ been about making something people want.
Once you make something people want (which IS none other than innovation), only then do you have the optionality of selling or doubling down. This argument is utterly confused. In so many words: You can't flip something that isn't actually innovative. Because nobody will want it.
- redthrowaway 15y agoNot intended to be an insult, although it's nice of you to go ahead and downvote every comment I made on this thread. Perhaps instead of taking a criticism of the industry as a personal insult (and reacting in kind), you could look at the meat of what I'm saying and address those points? Edit: Sorry, not just every post in this thread, but every post I've made today. Wow. Way to represent YC. Stay classy, man.
- thaumaturgy 15y agoI think you're being oversensitive, especially given that redthrowaway was responding to a comment which said, in part: "There is however a difference in aptitude for running an early stage startup and building a business that will pay you $300K per year." ...which, at your level of sensitivity, is extremely insulting to the rather large number of people that own and manage the many small businesses that society relies on.