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It's hard to take advice from someone peddling their own course. I will say I'm probably somewhat biased as, we went through YC, and yes if you don't want to b
by burcs 3y ago
It's hard to take advice from someone peddling their own course.
I will say I'm probably somewhat biased as, we went through YC, and yes if you don't want to be VC-backed, then don't do it. Maybe the title should be "You shouldn't raise Venture Capital, buy my course instead!"
That being said, the beauty of YC, SAFEs, and seed funding is you don't have anyone on your board. You get to decide what you want to build, how you want to build it, etc... The point of joining YC and raising money is because it helps you figure out what to build/not to build, and to build faster, and YC is REALLY good at helping you sort that out.
There are founders out there who realized they've built a product that doesn't have the unicorn potential and pay back their investors. I'm pretty sure Daniel worked at Gumroad for a bit, and that's what Sahil did.
Again I find it really hard to take advice from folks who have "something better" to sell you.
- DVassallo 3y agoYou think all the YC articles aren’t also peddling something? At least I’m clear.
- michaelteter 3y ago> find it really hard to take advice from folks who have "something better" to sell you We do this all the time when considering a change from one product or service to another. The potentially better offering tells why their way is better, and why the other ways are inferior. Then they sell us their way.
- tim333 3y agoYeah but is it a good idea? I mean a neutral source might be better than someone trying shill product.
- jiveturkey 3y agoDisagree with your take, generally speaking. This is just called salesmanship. You don't present a balanced picture, you present a selectively, opinionated, persuasive one. The reader can take from it what they will. And as Daniel points out in a sibling comment, YC is actually much worse on this front. > I'm pretty sure Daniel worked at Gumroad for a bit, huh. Yes he appears to have been Head of Product. So I'd say the abstract for https://smallbets.co/event/4019ad11-d5db-45dd-a341-a0f130378080 https://smallbets.co/event/4019ad11-d5db-45dd-a341-a0f130378... goes beyond salesmanship and is willfully deceptive. Unless he joined Gumroad after that video was produced? Hopefully he'll see this and comment. And update the abstract.
- DVassallo 3y agoThat event is in the future. What’s deceptive about it?
- jiveturkey 3y agoThanks for clarifying it was in the future. Seems fine then. I read too much into it.