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by fredwilson 18y ago
totally agree that it's "happening" everywhere now but what i want is for it to be recorded and synched everywhere as well
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by fredwilson 18y ago
i'd like to say once more for the record that this conversation should be happening (or at least replicated) on my blog so that the people who don't know about hacker news can participate in this discussion
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by fredwilson 18y ago
hunger is not a biological phenomenon, it's driven by economics, politics, policy, and a host of other issues that we can change if we have the commitment to do so.
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by fredwilson 18y ago
that's a good idea. i have certain responsibilities to our investors that i have to live up to. but a YC to change the world is a great idea
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by fredwilson 18y ago
yeah, it's a bad habit of mine that the people who run the companies we have invested in call me on all the time. i don't mean that we own the companies. but it certainly expresses the ownership we feel of the opportunities they are chasing
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by fredwilson 18y ago
well i sort of did. we turned $150mm into $750mm from 1996 to 2000. vc's generally get paid 20% of their profits so take 20% of $600mm and then split that with Jerry and a few others and that's where the money came from. i've made more sinc
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by fredwilson 18y ago
if you want more history, i'll work on a few more posts like this one. it's not so easy for me to do because it seems sort of self centered. the reason i did this one is a guy getting out of b-school asked me to. i would love to see a way t
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by fredwilson 18y ago
Paul, I think you are wrong about NYC. It's not about money first and foremost. It's about commerce and the neverending chase of what's next whether it be art, music, media, money, shopping, food, nightlife, etc, etc. It's the greatest city
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by fredwilson 18y ago
there is way more than a concentrated startup community in NYC, it's the third most active venture capital market in the world and will soon pass boston and be second only to Silicon Valley
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by fredwilson 19y ago
great comments. can disqus get these comments into the comment thread on my blog where I posted this question? i love that you are all discussing this and that there are 22 comments here. but i got 34 comments on this post on my blog. it se
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by fredwilson 19y ago
yeah, but the ass kissing feels good to me! fred