pmarca

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by pmarca 6y ago
Solar and wind are great, but they don't provide continuous power. We need them, and nuclear.
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by pmarca 6y ago
Build those too!
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by pmarca 11y ago
The people who buy at an artificially and temporarily high price, mainly.
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by pmarca 11y ago
Yep.
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by pmarca 12y ago
Stock incentives became considered worthless, and most people were happy to have a job.
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by pmarca 12y ago
Yes, exactly so.
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by pmarca 12y ago
On this topic, Mixpanel at this stage is the magic blend of: * Track record of consistently impressive revenue growth. * Impressive current level of revenue. * Comprehensive plan and organization in place to continue growing revenue. * Larg
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by pmarca 12y ago
Yep.
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by pmarca 12y ago
The best book is "No": http://www.amazon.com/No-Only-Negotiating-System-Need/dp/030... And there's a reason that's the title :-).
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by pmarca 12y ago
Mark is performing for television. The only appropriate response to a 30 second offer is "f--- off".
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by pmarca 12y ago
All correct. High quality investors and hiring managers don't make offers to people they're not highly interested in. Odds are much higher that interest is close to 0.99 than 0.1.
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by pmarca 12y ago
Good VCs and good employers only make offers when they really want the candidate.
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by pmarca 12y ago
That is precisely the right thing to do.
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by pmarca 12y ago
Bingo.
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by pmarca 12y ago
The goal is to annotate everything, definitely including legal texts.
46.
by pmarca 12y ago
I've also heard that Earl of Sandwich guy is a real asshole.
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by pmarca 12y ago
How did Hacker News evolve from the discussion board for YC, to the discussion board where the first comment on any post involving a YC company is reliably someone crapping on it? What an amazing shift.
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by pmarca 12y ago
You will indeed not hear from me that there is going to be some new and improved version of communism or collectivism that will solve all these problems :-).
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by pmarca 12y ago
Great piece.
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by pmarca 12y ago
"My guess is to have an in-house team that can help out the companies they fund." Nope.
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by pmarca 13y ago
"Douchebag culture (which is in vogue among the VC darlings, especially in the elite networks OP described) is a historically white phenomenon: popped collars, brogramming, saying shit like YOLO and WHPH ("work hard play hard&quot
52.
by pmarca 13y ago
Also 100% correct.
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by pmarca 13y ago
100% correct.
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by pmarca 13y ago
Can you cite any facts that would indicate you didn't just pull that out of your rear?
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by pmarca 13y ago
OK then, I'll just put you down for "making shit up".
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by pmarca 13y ago
"As an anecdotal data point, I haven't met a lot of white people from lower-class backgrounds who are players in the Bay Area technology scene." Hi!
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by pmarca 13y ago
Do you have any evidence "VC connections" had anything to do with anything? Or are you just making shit up?
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by pmarca 13y ago
Compare and contrast: http://www.bls.gov/emp/ep_chart_001.gif Summary for the graphically challenged: unemployment in the US is low (<5%) for people with bachelor's degrees and up, and high (>5%) for people
59.
by pmarca 13y ago
That's a brave stand for a throwaway account!
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by pmarca 13y ago
nasalgoat 256 days ago: "I'm sorry, but the talent shortage is a real thing... we have a really difficult time filling our open positions." Glad to hear you've solved the problem so fast!

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