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> And yet Hacker News folk must be drawn at least somewhat by Paul Graham, who applauds frighteningly ambitious startup ideas. It wasn't a frighteningly ambiti
by spindritf 14y ago
> And yet Hacker News folk must be drawn at least somewhat by Paul Graham, who applauds frighteningly ambitious startup ideas.
It wasn't a frighteningly ambitious start-up. It was the same old idea, done hundreds of times across multiple countries, with a minor adjustment in its pricing structure.
- jere 14y agoI believe the author is referring to Y Combinator and the startups it funds, rather than Viaweb. Though I'm sure you could argue many of those are rather unambitious ideas also.