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The only qualification that you don't meet is confidence! If you say you can't, then you won't.
by garbowza 19y ago
The only qualification that you don't meet is confidence! If you say you can't, then you won't.
- allenbrunson 19y agothat's a nice attitude, and generally i agree. by "don't qualify," i mean i'm not really into the game the same way as the companies ycombinator seems to fund. for example, i'm not that excited about writing web apps, it just doesn't appeal to me. i think there are important sectors that could benefit from a bunch of startups that paul has completely written off, because he thinks it's less lucrative, i guess. well, i'm willing to take a LOT less money to do something i'm actually interested in, rather than learning ruby on rails, say.
- byrneseyeview 19y agoYou're very specific about what you won't do, but very vague about what you will do. Why?
- allenbrunson 19y agoerm, because it seems off-topic here? this is paul's world. i like reading about the energy and creativity involved in web startups. i personally think that narrowing the field to just web startups is short-sighted, but that's not my call to make, certainly not here.
- byrneseyeview 19y agoOkay. It might make your argument more compelling. You're making a judgement that Web 2.0 startups are relatively bad -- it would be nice to know what they're relatively bad compared to.
- alex_c 19y agoWeb apps are probably the most common because the barrier to entry is very low, but the field really seems to be more "software" rather than "only web apps". Xobni is desktop software, Loopt is mobile software, Justin.tv is (as I understand it) a mix of hardware and web streaming. Interestingly, those also seem to be some of the higher profile projects.
- allenbrunson 19y agowell, that's certainly encouraging. i'm personally more drawn to "real" software that runs on desktops and servers. web stuff is nice, but it doesn't fit the way i think as a programmer.