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“telling prospective startup founders that they shouldn't ever worry about the balance sheet” He said nothing of the sort.

• darksaints 5y ago
  He just told them that he isn't ever gonna look at it. Not sure how you could interpret that in any other way.
  • tomhoward 5y ago
    It could be interpreted in several ways, and you're choosing the worst possible way to argue against. And you're totally overlooking the fact that his career success since the very start of YC has hinged entirely on giving good advice to startups and focusing on the right things. You might think that after 17 years and countless successful companies, we might just think twice about presuming ignorance or malice in what he's saying. The point of this tweet is just that balance sheets don't determine outcomes for early stage startups; good products and excited users do. Balance sheets matter later. Many of the teams PG invested in were not even incorporated when he invested in them.
  • biorach 5y ago
    He said _he_ is not going to look at it. That's all. Tax authorities, YC's due diligence team and others will want to look at it. Anyone competent enough to start a company will know this. Interpreting this as "pg says balance sheets don't matter at all to anyone" is.... weird. Repeatedly pushing this point is weirder. Maybe take a break from the internet for an hour or two