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We did once fund a pair of founders neither of whom were hackers. One of them had majored in physics in college though.

• ryanwaggoner 18y ago
  Results?
  • lisper 18y ago
    I believe he's talking about Octopart. They were doing well the last time I checked.
    • pg 18y ago
      No, Auctomatic. The Octoparts were physics grad students, but they could hack.
      • lisper 18y ago
        Auctopart, Octomatic, who can keep these things straight? ;-)
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• unalone 18y ago
  Does physics majoring help start-ups? Were they a physics-central startup? Or is it just proof of dedication, similar to how a math major would be?
  • pclark 18y ago
    physics is a pretty common major to lead to internet/tech startups, I know quite a few guys that made that transition.
  • pg 18y ago
    Anyone who understands math will at least get what the issues are in hacking, even if they don't understand random details. They won't panic at the sight of formal notation.
• Major_Grooves 18y ago
  The auctomatic guys had studied PPE and Law I think. It wasn't till at or after YC that they merged with a hacker. Or maybe I get the details wrong...
  • vlad 18y ago
    I think you're right, Major. But those two had founded and worked on an eBay clone for students prior to that.