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His Q&A at Startup School was not so good as the rest of the speakers that were invited. The girl that was making the questions was not so good at it either. Th

His Q&A at Startup School was not so good as the rest of the speakers that were invited. The girl that was making the questions was not so good at it either. There was no consistency about what he wanted to say. Many times he lost his own trail of thought. Maybe you need such an article to extract some meaning out of everything he talked. [EDIT] Well, someone doesn't like that I speak up my mind. So I can't make an opinion about this now without being downvoted?

nhangen 15y ago
I'm guessing the reason you are being downvoted is because "the girl" is Jessica Livingston, a partner at YC, who has earned a lot of respect here on HN. I agree that Zuck seemed unprepared and rambled, frequently forgetting what he was talking about, but that's not something the host can control.
- dmix 15y ago
  She also wrote Founders at Work, probably the best collection of interviews with tech founders around. We're going to need a little better critique than she "was not so good at it" to discredit her as an interviewer.
  - mrleinad 15y ago
    Well, once she saw Mark babble around a topic without a specific answer to her question, she should've: a) rephrase the question b) change the topic. Instead, she continued asking the same question. For example: "What did you do right?". Come on, is she seriously trying to get a coherent answer out of Mark with that? Is there a SINGLE thing that Mark could've done right to build a successful worldwide product? It's like asking for a silver bullet for startups. There's none. And then she kept asking that question over and over again..
- pingswept 15y ago
  Also, typically "girl," like "boy," refers to a child. Ms. Livingston is obviously an adult, so to many people the term "girl" comes across as belittling.
  - acangiano 15y ago
    The correct term would be "the lady" or even better, "the interviewer".
    - mrleinad 15y ago
      I apologize, my native language is Spanish. Thanks for the pointer.
jacquesm 15y ago
Let me help you out here to end your confusion as to who 'the girl' is: http://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=jl http://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=jl Nice way to make someone smile though, even if it was not intentional.
- mrleinad 15y ago
  Doesn't matter who she is. That was my impression from watching her interview Mark. I really don't care if she's one of the founders of YC, or just another woman. I'm talking about that interview.

nhangen 15y ago

I'm guessing the reason you are being downvoted is because "the girl" is Jessica Livingston, a partner at YC, who has earned a lot of respect here on HN. I agree that Zuck seemed unprepared and rambled, frequently forgetting what he was talking about, but that's not something the host can control.

dmix 15y ago
She also wrote Founders at Work, probably the best collection of interviews with tech founders around. We're going to need a little better critique than she "was not so good at it" to discredit her as an interviewer.
- mrleinad 15y ago
  Well, once she saw Mark babble around a topic without a specific answer to her question, she should've: a) rephrase the question b) change the topic. Instead, she continued asking the same question. For example: "What did you do right?". Come on, is she seriously trying to get a coherent answer out of Mark with that? Is there a SINGLE thing that Mark could've done right to build a successful worldwide product? It's like asking for a silver bullet for startups. There's none. And then she kept asking that question over and over again..
pingswept 15y ago
Also, typically "girl," like "boy," refers to a child. Ms. Livingston is obviously an adult, so to many people the term "girl" comes across as belittling.
- acangiano 15y ago
  The correct term would be "the lady" or even better, "the interviewer".
  - mrleinad 15y ago
    I apologize, my native language is Spanish. Thanks for the pointer.

jacquesm 15y ago

Let me help you out here to end your confusion as to who 'the girl' is: http://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=jl http://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=jl Nice way to make someone smile though, even if it was not intentional.

mrleinad 15y ago
Doesn't matter who she is. That was my impression from watching her interview Mark. I really don't care if she's one of the founders of YC, or just another woman. I'm talking about that interview.