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I doubt a CEO would be "candid" in any environment. You can't really say anything without realizing that it might end up getting reported the next day. Two peo
by vaksel 17y ago
I doubt a CEO would be "candid" in any environment. You can't really say anything without realizing that it might end up getting reported the next day.
Two people can keep a secret, as long as the other person is dead
- davidw 17y agoWell, I've never been to these talks, don't know pg, and don't know the people involved, so I'm just reporting what I read. Argue it with pg if you think they ought to do things differently.
- vaksel 17y agooh I'm not saying the talks should be public, its one of the reasons why people do YC. I was just replying to the candid part of the response.
- pg 17y agoDepends on the person. If you're talking about a 60 year old CEO of a public company, you're probably right. They'd never tell you anything. But the 30 year old founder of a still-private tech startup is a different matter. I've learned all sorts of things I never knew from the YC speakers. In fact I'd say these talks have been my biggest single source of info about what actually happened in the early days of famous startups.