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There's volumes there. Some combination of the sentiment that $900 million isn't nearly the most interesting thing going on about YC [+] and the notion that w
by patio11 12y ago
There's volumes there. Some combination of the sentiment that $900 million isn't nearly the most interesting thing going on about YC [+] and the notion that while $900 million isn't important enough to think about you'd have to correct a math error on it because math.
[+] A totally reasonable sentiment, which makes me smile in about three different ways. Once for not caring about money, once for having the luxury to not care about money because $900 million, and once for that happening to very deserving people.
- nwenzel 12y agoWell, to know that it wasn't enough money to care about you would first have to have done the math to know that it was only $900M. I like your first point about it not being about the money. I suspect it's more about proving that their new (at the time) approach to startup investing, their new appreciation for founders, their completely differnt model was right and that the conventional wisdom that came before them was wrong. At least that would be my biggest satisfaction.