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by anotherfounder 4y ago
I didn't realize Garry was so crypto-y. Now as the President and CEO of YC where everyone constantly says "Make something people want", "Solve a real problem", I'm curious for him to chime in to the 'What&
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by anotherfounder 4y ago
Congrats, Garry! Seems appropriate to start to unblock founders on Twitter?
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by anotherfounder 4y ago
In the main thread on Hacker News, you still haven't addressed any of the issues raised by developers on closing down the free tier. What alternatives did you consider? What stats? What about folks who have both free and paid dynos? Al
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by anotherfounder 4y ago
I hate the corporate speak of 'Next Chapter', 'Public Roadmap' - just be direct and confident enough to say upfront that you are removing the free tier, instead of hiding it in the blog post. Come on, Bob!
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by anotherfounder 4y ago
If there was fair taxation on billionaires, and there was a wage growth where all the productivity gains didn't only stay at the top, then I think folks would be less incensed at billionaires.
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by anotherfounder 4y ago
Maybe the letter last week was more right than it was wrong.. they only forgot to include Brian in the list himself.
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by anotherfounder 4y ago
Um, just a month ago, in the earnings call, he reiterated continuing to grow and invest. For those following the markets and economy closely (like any public company CEO should), literally nothing in the last month has been a much of a surp
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by anotherfounder 4y ago
Amazing that he keeps making it past reference checks..
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by anotherfounder 4y ago
FWIW, Surojit the CPO has a long colorful history of being a horrible person to work with. Just in the last couple of months, I think Blind had atleast a few threads on him. Here are a couple I could find: https://www.teamblind.c
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by anotherfounder 4y ago
The initial petition alleged problems at exec level. Brian's response confirmed it. And he wonders why the employees wouldn't bring this up internally.. Aside from the fact that his response is likely illegal according to Californ
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by anotherfounder 5y ago
I'm not sure what feels more problematic, the framing of the initial thread or the last patch tweet which doesn't even acknowledge Kristen's claim and doesn't name them while trying to thank them. I was all giving him th
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by anotherfounder 5y ago
Just to add to appsec112's point, while I did frame my original point as a 'perception', I'm willing to take a bet that if you put together US companies stats, I would be more right than wrong. And while we are at '
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by anotherfounder 5y ago
As a response to both dang and emmett, I'm honestly surprised by the strong defensive nature of both your responses. It's what I'd expect from old-school VCs, not YC. Both appsec112 and infamia already responded to each of yo
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by anotherfounder 5y ago
> A big part of what YC is about is to be a bridge for everybody else to enter this space—no matter who they are or where they live or what demographic they belong to. YC has a long track record, right from the beginning, of funding foun
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by anotherfounder 6y ago
This is so great! Has anyone put out a good variable Serif font that is taking advantage of all the variables?
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by anotherfounder 6y ago
The SAAS thing is real. In my own broader network, I've seen so many interesting new consumer companies not even get an interview but SAAS companies of all stripes not have a problem getting an interview. It also heavily correlates wit
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by anotherfounder 6y ago
It is amazing to me if that the entire conversation on the thread is about her credibility, and not at all towards the systems that lead to blogposts such as these. It isn't one interaction, or one round or one app, these are system is
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by anotherfounder 6y ago
I think it isn't just as simple as wanting to fund black founders. If you do not understand how systems work and actively fix them, you are unlikely to be helpful to black founders.
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by anotherfounder 6y ago
> . Your experience cannot be worse than "received no money" when it comes to raising money. It is a binary outcome. Oh, but it can. That's kinda one of the points. > Or that they meant that they would offer preferentia
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by anotherfounder 6y ago
This is where intersectionality comes in. Her experience is especially worse because she is Black woman AND because she doesn't have an Ivy league degree AND she doesn't have a FAANG experience. Believe me, it is much worse when a
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by anotherfounder 6y ago
Agreed. What is frustrating about these investors (and YC) is that it all is very surface level. I'm sure they believe they are doing the right thing but all of their assumptions, ideas, pipelines, and teams, all are informed by those
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by anotherfounder 6y ago
@areoform I wholeheartedly echo this! Thank you!
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by anotherfounder 6y ago
I can see that naming those who didn't even respond could be more appropriate. My takeaway is that you feel let down the most by those who have the most talk, hence higher expectations, which, it seems to me is the gist of the article.
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by anotherfounder 6y ago
Both, thanks for clarifying!
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by anotherfounder 6y ago
thank you!
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by anotherfounder 6y ago
sigh , here we go again..
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by anotherfounder 6y ago
I assume you are genuinely asking this but I wish I had more energy to dissect it but the fact that you would need to explain that or assume that I mean that one should be funded by phenotype are two quick examples of that condescension. I
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by anotherfounder 6y ago
THIS, thank you for acknowledging that! It often feels like there are two lanes, there is all this talk of the steps to get on the fast lane, and then you realize there are some people who just got put in the fast lane, and you are still su
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by anotherfounder 6y ago
Ah, the classic condescending first response. > VCs invest into your track record and the ability to put together and retain a good team. "Ex-Google" is a good signal that the person can at the very least _technically_ do what
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by anotherfounder 6y ago
FWIW, we had the same experience with the other Spero VC: Shripriya Mahesh. She has a lot of blogposts around investing in startups that level the playing field, and not once did that topic come up in our conversations. And she isn't t

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