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Wonder if people going to this will have the same infamous sense of arrogance and entitlement that is common to Y combinator folks? Source: https://x.com/mcub

Wonder if people going to this will have the same infamous sense of arrogance and entitlement that is common to Y combinator folks? Source: https://x.com/mcuban/status/692595120969875456 https://x.com/mcuban/status/692595120969875456

Den_VR 8d ago
How could that possibly happen to a hand-picked group of YC's enterprise-AI founders?!
walrus01 8d ago
Mark Cuban posting about a sense of arrogance and entitlement is certainly something. There's a reason behind the character of HBO Silicon Valley's Russ Hanneman... [spiderman pointing at spiderman.gif]
- Grosvenor 8d ago
  I thought Chris Sacca was the inspiration for Russ Hanneman. The beard, the shirts, the sexual assault allegations. The three nannies suing him - one for no good reason!
  - walrus01 8d ago
    Sacca was not doing anything like 'radio on the internet' in the 1994-2000 dotcom 1.0 boom era... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadcast.com https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadcast.com
    - Grosvenor 8d ago
      ^^^ this guy fucks. You’re right. So Russ was an amalgamation of sacca, cuban, and probably a few more.
nostrebored 8d ago
Having been through YC, there's certainly some of this, but the overwhelming majority of founders were pretty down to earth. People generally just want to solve hard problems.
- tmpz22 8d ago
  Genuine question, I haven't been, is the motivation "solving hard problems" or is it "receive external validation and get-rich-quick by solving hard problems"?
  - nostrebored 7d ago
    That’s a good question! A mix of both. There are definitely people who see it as a step on their validation treadmill. Most people want to make money. But a lot of people are just techno optimists who think they can do something.
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dgellow 8d ago
This type of group is exactly what develop that feeling of entitlement and arrogance. It would be very surprising if that’s not the case. That being said, all the ex YC people I interacted with in person have been awesome. But there is definitely a YC entitled group
alansaber 8d ago
Hot take but I don't mind startup founders being plucky and a bit arrogant/naieve. They need it.
- NewJazz 8d ago
  They need to be naïve?
  - sellmesoap 8d ago
    If you're too grounded you say no to everything like a reasonable person with experience :D
NewJazz 8d ago
What was he replying to?
- ViktorRay 7d ago
  He was replying to a tweet by Paul Graham where Paul Graham says the following: “Startups: Instead of appearing on Shark Tank, spend that energy fixing whatever makes your product so unappealing you think you need to.“ https://www.inc.com/business-insider/mark-cuban-chris-sacca-paul-graham-twitter-feud.html https://www.inc.com/business-insider/mark-cuban-chris-sacca-...
  - PgThePedo 7d ago
    Says the founder of YC who makes nothing people want. YC funded Flock. You want that?

Den_VR 8d ago

How could that possibly happen to a hand-picked group of YC's enterprise-AI founders?!

walrus01 8d ago

Mark Cuban posting about a sense of arrogance and entitlement is certainly something. There's a reason behind the character of HBO Silicon Valley's Russ Hanneman... [spiderman pointing at spiderman.gif]

Grosvenor 8d ago
I thought Chris Sacca was the inspiration for Russ Hanneman. The beard, the shirts, the sexual assault allegations. The three nannies suing him - one for no good reason!
- walrus01 8d ago
  Sacca was not doing anything like 'radio on the internet' in the 1994-2000 dotcom 1.0 boom era... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadcast.com https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadcast.com
  - Grosvenor 8d ago
    ^^^ this guy fucks. You’re right. So Russ was an amalgamation of sacca, cuban, and probably a few more.

nostrebored 8d ago

Having been through YC, there's certainly some of this, but the overwhelming majority of founders were pretty down to earth. People generally just want to solve hard problems.

tmpz22 8d ago
Genuine question, I haven't been, is the motivation "solving hard problems" or is it "receive external validation and get-rich-quick by solving hard problems"?
- nostrebored 7d ago
  That’s a good question! A mix of both. There are definitely people who see it as a step on their validation treadmill. Most people want to make money. But a lot of people are just techno optimists who think they can do something.

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dgellow 8d ago

This type of group is exactly what develop that feeling of entitlement and arrogance. It would be very surprising if that’s not the case. That being said, all the ex YC people I interacted with in person have been awesome. But there is definitely a YC entitled group

alansaber 8d ago

Hot take but I don't mind startup founders being plucky and a bit arrogant/naieve. They need it.

NewJazz 8d ago
They need to be naïve?
- sellmesoap 8d ago
  If you're too grounded you say no to everything like a reasonable person with experience :D

NewJazz 8d ago

What was he replying to?

ViktorRay 7d ago
He was replying to a tweet by Paul Graham where Paul Graham says the following: “Startups: Instead of appearing on Shark Tank, spend that energy fixing whatever makes your product so unappealing you think you need to.“ https://www.inc.com/business-insider/mark-cuban-chris-sacca-paul-graham-twitter-feud.html https://www.inc.com/business-insider/mark-cuban-chris-sacca-...
- PgThePedo 7d ago
  Says the founder of YC who makes nothing people want. YC funded Flock. You want that?