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Why does YC not accept applications that have anything to do with porn? Do you find it distasteful, or is it a PR decision?
by andreyf 19y ago
Why does YC not accept applications that have anything to do with porn? Do you find it distasteful, or is it a PR decision?
- imsteve 19y agoReason #1: because they have wives/are women.
- run4yourlives 19y agoI'm not sure why you've been mercilessly downmodded, because in a roundabout way you are correct. The obvious answer is that porn has an associated stigma attached to it that makes it a rather unattractive business venture to get involved in. If you are prepared/don't care about being painted with that brush, you get into porn production. If you do care, or people you respect care, you avoid it. NSFW is a lot more than 4 letters.
- imsteve 19y agoYes, it has been the advice of many that you must make a startup idea attractive to the investors' spouses. Guy says it, for example: http://blog.guykawasaki.com/2006/03/the_art_of_rais.html http://blog.guykawasaki.com/2006/03/the_art_of_rais.html (under number 6)
- pg 19y agoWhere do we say that?
- andreyf 19y agoI remember seeing it in one of your comments Paul. Am I mistaken?
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- icey 19y agoPretending PG didn't already respond, I'd say that you won't find many VCs investing in porn at all, because it's not really a business that scales well.
- alaskamiller 19y agohttp://venturebeat.com/2007/08/16/zivity-an-adult-social-network-raises-1m-before-launch/ http://venturebeat.com/2007/08/16/zivity-an-adult-social-net... as for investing... most of the good ones have the cashflow to fund their own growth. online ones (lightspeed media, rki) and offline ones both have grown insanely over the years.
- brianr 19y agoScribd allows adult content.