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They quote Fred Wilson: "I don't mean this in a negative way, but Y Combinator is more like a cult than a venture capital fund. And Paul is the cult leader." I
by johnnybgoode 17y ago
They quote Fred Wilson: "I don't mean this in a negative way, but Y Combinator is more like a cult than a venture capital fund. And Paul is the cult leader."
I love that he added that last sentence! No one would've known what he meant otherwise. ;)
- danbmil99 17y agoI thought it was Monty: http://dvice.com/pics/Anybots-Monty.jpg http://dvice.com/pics/Anybots-Monty.jpg
- ivankirigin 17y agoThat's a stupid quote. If he didn't want to put a negative spin on it, he should have avoided the word "cult". Replace it with "club" and it is both more reasonable and accurate. Note that most of the fan boys that are cultishly obsessed with pg and yc are actually NOT in YC. That's just such an important distinction. I get this impression just by tracking the most ridiculous comments on YC during the acceptance notifications, and noting the source. In my experience, YC startup founders are far more likely to say they're sick of his slop (literally) after a few weeks than gush over him.