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This is the mentioned startup from that "Stripe & YC are the Mobs of Silicon Valley" tweet thread: https://twitter.com/theryanking/status/1485784884681474048 h
by ceasesurthinko 5y ago
This is the mentioned startup from that "Stripe & YC are the Mobs of Silicon Valley" tweet thread:
https://twitter.com/theryanking/status/1485784884681474048 https://twitter.com/theryanking/status/1485784884681474048
In the tweet: Ryan Breslow, CEO of Bolt, talks about how Stripe funded Fast which is a competitor of Bolt, and for the same valuation despite Fast having no traction and being relatively new.
(I do not condone or condemn the opinion of this person, just thought it would be relevant to this post)
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- ajkjk 5y agoThe page isn't loading, but anyway it's pretty clear that what makes a mob a mob is its use of violence to get its way, so... that doesn't sound right.
- ceasesurthinko 5y agoUpdated the link to the proper one
- aaaaaaaaata 5y agoThe term "mob" itself conjures imagery of a horde of people in the right places stopping their in-group from being unseated. Don't think the how is important.
- yunohn 5y agoThat’s Bolt, this is Fast.
- danappelxx 5y agoIt’s the founder of Bolt talking about Fast raising funding.
- _fat_santa 5y agoThat's gotta be cathartic for the founder of Bolt. Seeing the company that made a deal with "the Mob" go belly up.
- nighthawk454 5y agoMaybe, maybe not. That thread makes it sounds like Fast was cannon fodder to prevent Bolt and others from growing.
- axutio 5y agoGot curious about this so I found the original HN discussion [0], which is a definite must-read for context/response if you read the tweet thread. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30066969 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30066969