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surprised to read that he was an early investor of Google. I wonder how that came about?

that's not really fair to the kid. All of us are born with advantages that others lack. Every person living in America has access to wealth and connections that the average African…

that's not fair. So if someone is firing a gun at you, you can't fire back with a gun? She bullied those men, costing one of them their job. How else do you respond except by bully…

the best comment yet. there seems to be a growing segment of the population (mostly from the left) that wakes up each day looking for ways to be offended. It seems like such a mise…

yeah, there's more to it. The founder Mick Mountz was an HBS guy, he went around for awhile networking with alums to try to get the initial cash investment. Eventually connected wi…

so are you saying there is an upper limit to entrepreneurship? I don't think so. I wonder if pg has written anything about this, if there is some point of diminishing returns in th…

you think it's more efficient to ship everyone an entire set of encyclopedias than to keep wikipedia's servers running?

no, I meant like direct to institutions like pension funds. why would a pension fund give money to Sequoia, and then have them give it to YC? that's an unnecessary management fee t…

what I wonder is if/when YC will start to take institutional money....that's what's going to take YC up to upper caliber of VC funds.

I think Reddit is the greatest thing to come out of the first batch.

I doubt they were as altruistic as you describe. They probably viewed it as a good business investment. When you consider the elevated prices they pushed these books out at, and th…

I'm sure more carbon is being used in cutting down the trees to turn into paper, and then shipping all of that paper to customers.

I agree. If you don't have an idea, on what basis are they judging you? what is their filtering process? If you are in your early twenties, what exactly have you accomplished that …

perhaps YC should think of becoming like a business school. Most business schools charge upwards of 100k for two years, and most students borrow that from the federal government. Y…

historically, artists were sponsored by wealthy individuals or institutions to create art. Some of the great European painters of the last few centuries were sponsored by the Catho…

I hate to be "that guy", but you misspelled a certain word three times in your comment. I leave it to you to figure out which one. But I agree with you, in the sense that having a …

it really is. I only hope that eventually these credits will be recognized by employers. would they be be willing to hire someone who completes an entire curriculum successfully th…

this fungus could end up contributing to global warming, by taking the carbon that is trapped as plastic on the ground and releasing it eventually into the atmosphere.

fertility rates are dropping worldwide. At some point in the next 30 years, it is expected to fall below replacement level. Check out this graph comparing fertility rates. China an…

There is a recent Washington Post article that says they are on the verge of breaking thru. I hope they discover some form of life in the lake. It would be amazing to discover what…

yes exactly. The reason for the escalating healthcare and education costs have to do with the guilds these professions enforce to prevent newcomers from undercutting their wages. I…

i agree that heirs don't innovate. But copyright laws expire after a certain number of years after the creator's death, at which point they enter the public domain. My question to …

Marginal cost shouldn't matter. What matters is consent. If the content creator does not consent for someone to enjoy his/her work without some level of compensation, then it is up…

but they don't value it at zero. if they did they wouldn't pirate it in the first place. pirating takes time (which is valuable) and storage on a hard disk, which has a cost. so an…