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I understand that you're probably angry, perhaps a little confused too - but insulting the intelligence of people who have in the past proven that they are anyt

by froo 18y ago

I understand that you're probably angry, perhaps a little confused too - but insulting the intelligence of people who have in the past proven that they are anything but stupid, isn't going to earn you any brownie points. I see YC as a tool to be used in helping your startup achieve it's goals, there are many others out there of varying qualities - you shouldn't see it as the destination of it. Personally, I'd love to hear about your startup in 6-12 months time (if you've continued with it) and how well you're doing, so if you do continue with your idea and you're a squijillionaire by that time, drop me a line. My email is in my profile. Feel free to call me all sorts of four letter words and tell me I was wrong :)

dbul 18y ago
It was rather tongue-in-cheek: http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=As+far+as+we're+concerned%2C+they've+failed+an+IQ+test.&ei=UTF-8 http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=As+far+as+we're+concerned%2... And I will report back about my startup on demo day in August -- I'd rather it be a "you can succeed if you weren't accepted" story rather than a "told you so" one, because frankly I think pg et al. are perfectly confident with the startups they have chosen. Unfortunately I have two very challenging startups at the same time, but fortunately both are well under way! Edit: None of the websites in my profile are my startup unless it explicitly is prefaced with startup:.
- froo 18y ago
  Ah gotcha, well then I shall retract my previous statement. I wasn't aware of the quote :) But still the offer stands, I love talking to people about their startups (as well as my own) and discussing various perspectives. I think lines of communication are important!
  - dbul 18y ago
    Well actually I'm glad you pointed it out. I'm sure several people had thought/would have thought it was an arrogant quote. Yes, there should be a way of communicating more easily. Why isn't chatterous embedded in HN? I've been tempted to create a portal that keeps track of startups (techcrunch and wikipedia are no good for this). It would probably be a waste of time... or would it?
    - froo 18y ago
      there's always #startups on IRC (irc.freenode.net)

by froo 18y ago

dbul 18y ago

It was rather tongue-in-cheek: http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=As+far+as+we're+concerned%2C+they've+failed+an+IQ+test.&ei=UTF-8 http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=As+far+as+we're+concerned%2... And I will report back about my startup on demo day in August -- I'd rather it be a "you can succeed if you weren't accepted" story rather than a "told you so" one, because frankly I think pg et al. are perfectly confident with the startups they have chosen. Unfortunately I have two very challenging startups at the same time, but fortunately both are well under way! Edit: None of the websites in my profile are my startup unless it explicitly is prefaced with startup:.

froo 18y ago
Ah gotcha, well then I shall retract my previous statement. I wasn't aware of the quote :) But still the offer stands, I love talking to people about their startups (as well as my own) and discussing various perspectives. I think lines of communication are important!
- dbul 18y ago
  Well actually I'm glad you pointed it out. I'm sure several people had thought/would have thought it was an arrogant quote. Yes, there should be a way of communicating more easily. Why isn't chatterous embedded in HN? I've been tempted to create a portal that keeps track of startups (techcrunch and wikipedia are no good for this). It would probably be a waste of time... or would it?
  - froo 18y ago
    there's always #startups on IRC (irc.freenode.net)