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The linked article (and title) says: > “There are hardly any startups in this batch that are bad,” Graham said. But the following [1] says: > Y Combinator fo
by jcr 14y ago
The linked article (and title) says:
> “There are hardly any startups in this batch that are bad,” Graham said.
But the following [1] says:
> Y Combinator founder Paul Graham said this he feels like the contracted size of this class means that there are essentially no weak startups in the bunch
There's a huge difference between "hardly any bad startups" and "essentially no weak startups" so
it seems someone at techcrunch is misquoting pg.
http://techcrunch.com/2013/03/26/y-combinator-winter-2013-demo-day-batch-1/ http://techcrunch.com/2013/03/26/y-combinator-winter-2013-de...
- aashaykumar92 14y agoI do agree they should be consistent but in their defense, one of the above is an actual quote while the other is not.
- loyalelectron 14y agoHey, I'm the writer who wrote the second example cited here -- very good point in showing the difference between the two, so I wanted to try and clarify. When Graham said the "hardly any" line on stage, it drew a pretty big laugh from the audience -- it seemed like a bit of humor on his part. The earnest meaning and connotation I took from that (and comments Graham gave off-stage) was that there were no obvious weak links in this batch.
- jcr 14y agoThank you for the additional insight and context for the quote, and your paraphrase. The quote makes a lot more sense as a joke, so it would be good to note that in the article.