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Startup Winter is Coming
- fearless 12y agoThe post makes some valid points, but this reads more like self promotion "content marketing" for her expensive make money online by bootstrapping course than an objective analysis.
- 7Figures2Commas 12y agoSo what of the statements by venture capitalists with $100+ million funds and founders/employees at venture-backed startups that couldn't make payroll without investor money? When they argue that there is no bubble and the startup economy can only go up and to the right, should we not note that their arguments are self-interested too?
- mkal_tsr 12y agoJust a reminder, you're on HN, so expect some downvotes and angry people when you point out the inherent non-value of many VC-backed startups, similarly experienced when advocating for privacy (I'm looking at you free-to-use startups that rely on user-data to sell/exploit).
- 7Figures2Commas 12y agoDownvotes and upset HNers are two things I could care less about. :)
- minimaxir 12y ago> In other words, easy money rewarding easy money. That’s why startup winter is coming. That's the ideal for every financial endeavor ever. This article is very empty without any actual data or evidence indicating what has changed now.
- jaytaylor 12y ago"The sky is falling" Maybe it is, or maybe not yet. Regardless, the article is awfully light on actual data and reads more like scaremongering gossip. 0/10 would not read again.