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Haha, fair enough point. But I think the interesting thing is that your description of influencing "that little patch of it that you have influence over" (which
by nlwhittemore 17y ago
Haha, fair enough point. But I think the interesting thing is that your description of influencing "that little patch of it that you have influence over" (which is great phrasing, by the way) is exactly what I'm asking YC to do, right?
Their little patch is the organizations that come through their door. When Paul Graham writes "Be Good," his orgs (at least a bunch of them) listen, and it matters.
If they took the initiative to prompt for organizations that had a particular social impact, there could be some amazing results.
- jacquesm 17y agoI'm pretty sure they're doing just that. Ethics seem to be pretty high up in PGs value system.
- nlwhittemore 17y agoFor sure, but there's a difference between finding and prompting ethical companies and specifically seeking out companies that have a bottom line that's not just financial but actually has measurable social or environmental impact as well.
- jacquesm 17y agocheck out this guy: http://www.extent.nl/ http://www.extent.nl/ Unfortunately he is no longer, but he was one of the nicest venture capitalists out there.