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Hahah he's like "YC is a big scam" but when you keep scrolling... > I charge you a one-time payment of $375, and you get access to my community It basically i

by _akhe 2y ago

Hahah he's like "YC is a big scam" but when you keep scrolling... > I charge you a one-time payment of $375, and you get access to my community It basically invalidates the entire post. Maybe some good points were made about investing in general but they should be delivered by someone who doesn't run an Andrew Tate style self-help scheme, and shouldn't be advertised in the very post criticizing YC of being inauthentic. YC is infinitely more prestigious and well-connected than this guy's $375 program - and how dare he talk about YC coming after my "personal economy" when he's charging $375 for "access to a community". Last I checked HN is free and I bet there's a lot more valuable info here than that self-help nightmare forum. Furthermore, we know YC is exclusive. But the fact that YC is so Ivy League and startup focused is also why HN is not just a random subreddit, or some Twitter hatefluencer pyramid scheme.

DVassallo 2y ago
HN is free because it’s a top of funnel for YC. They’re not doing out of the goodness of their hearts.
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keepamovin 2y ago
Haha my thoughts exactly. Overall I doubt his characterization. It's an okay model but I think the way that YC probably actually works is more like: a network of secret back-channelers with inside info and connections, read a bunch of crazy old treasure maps, pay off landowners, form search cliques, hire people with good shovel-arms, develop tunneling methodologies, and end up swiss cheesing the entire field until the subsurface is a honeycomb of search paths, and maybe they come away with some gold, after agreeing beforehand how it would be divided if it were found. YC is more like ants, but he makes it sound like robots. But even that doesn't really cover it, as the whole idea of a zero-sum game where you are searching for something that already exists is broken and wrong. It's false. What you're actually doing (YC be damned, in anything!) is creating something new! You're not finding the gold that's there, you're making it. Out of nothing. And then profiting from it!!! :)
- _akhe 2y ago
  Well said, you've inspired me this morning, and for that I thank you. I owe you a $375 beer or coffee.
  - keepamovin 2y ago
    Sounds fancy! :) In case you’re serious I’ll add a Stripe link later! :) https://buy.stripe.com/dR6cNY31v8eL9Y4bKe https://buy.stripe.com/dR6cNY31v8eL9Y4bKe

by _akhe 2y ago

DVassallo 2y ago

HN is free because it’s a top of funnel for YC. They’re not doing out of the goodness of their hearts.

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keepamovin 2y ago

Haha my thoughts exactly. Overall I doubt his characterization. It's an okay model but I think the way that YC probably actually works is more like: a network of secret back-channelers with inside info and connections, read a bunch of crazy old treasure maps, pay off landowners, form search cliques, hire people with good shovel-arms, develop tunneling methodologies, and end up swiss cheesing the entire field until the subsurface is a honeycomb of search paths, and maybe they come away with some gold, after agreeing beforehand how it would be divided if it were found. YC is more like ants, but he makes it sound like robots. But even that doesn't really cover it, as the whole idea of a zero-sum game where you are searching for something that already exists is broken and wrong. It's false. What you're actually doing (YC be damned, in anything!) is creating something new! You're not finding the gold that's there, you're making it. Out of nothing. And then profiting from it!!! :)

_akhe 2y ago
Well said, you've inspired me this morning, and for that I thank you. I owe you a $375 beer or coffee.
- keepamovin 2y ago
  Sounds fancy! :) In case you’re serious I’ll add a Stripe link later! :) https://buy.stripe.com/dR6cNY31v8eL9Y4bKe https://buy.stripe.com/dR6cNY31v8eL9Y4bKe