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My theory about PG is that he got sick of being the political animal that YC currently requires. Compare and contrast PG and Altman. Graham wrote a "Request fo
by yummyfajitas 12y ago
My theory about PG is that he got sick of being the political animal that YC currently requires. Compare and contrast PG and Altman.
Graham wrote a "Request for Startups" that expressed an honest and tradeable opinion: "these 6 categories are likely to make me money, I want to fund them." Now compare to Sam Altman's RFS: "here are all the possible categories, don't be mad at me for forgetting yours, plus a few feel-good platitudes that will make the media like me."
YC probably needs a schmoozer/politician more than an intellectual right now. But that doesn't mean PG wants to be that person.