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That said, YC could be missing out on opportunities if they fail to have the foresight to see the cups that could eventually become oceans -- ie the ability of
by empressplay 12y ago
That said, YC could be missing out on opportunities if they fail to have the foresight to see the cups that could eventually become oceans -- ie the ability of sniply to (hypothetically) bring their users over to other products in the future.
Just because a particular seed from a startup isn't going to sprout into a forest overnight doesn't mean that particular startup doesn't have the potential to find other seeds that do.
I guess what I'm saying is YC would do well to consider funding people with good ideas as much as the ideas themselves.
- byoung2 12y agoI guess what I'm saying is YC would do well to consider funding people with good ideas as much as the ideas themselves. That's a good point. YC does claim to look at people first and then ideas, and really the idea is just evidence that you can have good ideas. But I guess they are also looking for pattern recognition, as in, can you spot the pattern that YC is looking for. That seems to be (in my opinion) smart teams who can tackle a small chunk of a big problem before and during YC, and sell investors the dream of the whole chunk after YC. Think couch surfing app now, disrupting the hotel industry later. Cloud based USB stick now, revolutionize the cloud storage industry later.