middleout

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by middleout 9y ago
a few years ago, switching to android would have been unthinkable for me. preposterous. now? I am so annoyed by my iphones persistent buggy problems performing normal phone-like operations (texting, typing) that I will probably switch. ugh.
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by middleout 9y ago
as someone that does not live in SF, it is mind boggling that a city with such a high concentration of wealth, talent (both technical and non-technical) and visionaries supposedly (not trying to be trite) trying to make the world a better p
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by middleout 9y ago
i don't think i'm explaining this well. I apologize for that. i looked at your company. you and your cofounder had deep technical expertise in an area that was white-hot at the time (obviously not a perfect comp, but that was the
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by middleout 9y ago
i agree wholeheartedly that PMF, prior exit and deep industry/technical knowledge are pretty obvious things to look for when you're trying to make money as a venture investor. let me try another way. let's say YC gets 20K app
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by middleout 9y ago
nwenzel: i actually thought about covering your case (see below), but decided it was too verbose. edited: yc is elitist. with a few exceptions (you have PMF, second-time founder with exit under belt, obvious deep industry/technical kno
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by middleout 9y ago
my 2c, as a casual, third party observer: Kudos: afaict, yc is a "good actor" in contrast to "bad actor" VCs that have received recent notoriety yc does its part in putting out knowledge into the world re: how to build s
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by middleout 9y ago
i don't have a dog in the fight, but I think the answer to this: "Are we trying to put corner stores out of business?" Was extremely unconvincing. The only thing I saw in your answer was that you're not competing head to
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by middleout 9y ago
I'm not a fan of YC (I find it elitist, and imo they crowd out the 99.5% of startups that get rejected), but I can't find fault with the SAFE as an instrument. To the extent that founders suffer too much dilution while raising via