...surely you can't be so naive as to think that Milner is doing what he is doing out of some altruism for founders? pg didn't say or imply that. If you read w

...surely you can't be so naive as to think that Milner is doing what he is doing out of some altruism for founders? pg didn't say or imply that. If you read what he's written about investing (e.g., http://paulgraham.com/future.html http://paulgraham.com/future.html, http://paulgraham.com/control.html http://paulgraham.com/control.html), you'll see there's a much simpler explanation: pg thinks being founder-friendly is a good (i.e., profitable) investment strategy.