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What a dumb assertion that someone can be an expert on changing the world. Paul graham has lived in the startup world bubble for too long and is a bit off his
by soup10 12y ago
What a dumb assertion that someone can be an expert on changing the world. Paul graham has lived in the startup world bubble for too long and is a bit off his rocker when it comes to having perspective on the larger picture of changing industries and global trends and dynamics. The next big thing is not some social media garbage app for sharing cat pictures. That much is clear. Take a look at the kind of low impact garbage YC specializes and funding to get a clear look at how paul graham views successful startup ideas and teams. It needs no reminder that the vast majority of YC companies, fail, have no impact, dissolve and get aquired by other teams or if they are lucky get a talent aquisition by a bigger fish with a bloated mergers and aquisitions budget. My advice to Paul, write essays about what you KNOW, not what you feel like rambling on about. You have lots of experience in the world of seed staging and getting small teams to make the leap into legitimate hard working business entities with growth potential. You don't have a ton of wisdom to share outside of that domain so stop acting like you do.
- scrollaway 12y agoPG does not in fact talk about being an "expert on changing the world" but of being an "expert IN a changing world". And indeed the essay talks about... well, seed funding, investment etc. Not random "out-of-bubble" assertions. You seem to have read the title and just spouted your vomit onto your keyboard then hit send. That's not really a good path to constructive criticism there, is it?
- ofir_geller 12y agonor will it keep your keyboard in mint working condition.
- sytelus 12y agoYour comment is completely offtopic, pointless and undeserving. You are bickering about YC while not knowing basic facts about success and impact of YC. And you are advising pg on what he should do after making a a judgement that he knows nothing outside startups so I hope you have a good set of diverse accomplishment and experience in your resume to back it up. It's his website and his essay - he can ramble all he wants in anything he wants.