jlevy

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by jlevy 3y ago
Great quote: Speaking of the Band in the 2020 documentary "Once Were Brothers," Bruce Springsteen said, "It's like you've never heard them before and like they'd always been there."
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by jlevy 3y ago
+1 -- nothing better.
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by jlevy 11y ago
+1 -- great post.
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by jlevy 12y ago
I am one of the YC lawyers who was in the interview room and I was actually pretty pumped to hear the description of 20 year olds (I'm in my 40's)... I also take exception to the comment "Y Combinator has been created for one
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by jlevy 12y ago
I am happy that you think I misunderstood his post (and yes I have more information than many about the situation). When I read the post I thought it was implicit that YC supported Seth fully. That is not the case. There are mentions of YC
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by jlevy 12y ago
As internal counsel for YC, it was very upsetting to learn about the ongoing troubles at Amicus. It was particularly distressing to hear about the payroll tax issues, given that YC has funded excellent companies that specialize in accountin
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by jlevy 12y ago
There are two chunks (as Sam mentions in his post) -- one chunk is for common stock and the other is in the form of a Safe that converts to Preferred stock.
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by jlevy 13y ago
agreed
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by jlevy 13y ago
There is no law preventing a 17 year old from applying to YC, nor do we have any rules prohibiting a 17 year old from applying to YC. But as the other commenter noted, the problem with minors is that they cannot enter into contracts that ar