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The important point Ivan makes here is that the real question is "will YC increase the probability that my company will succeed." This is different from the "how much will YC incre…

i ordered these meals last week; the quality was better than any meal service i've tried, including fully cooked (micrawave/oven reheat) meals. The problem with other meal services…

Ooshma, founder of Gobble who has a quick cameo in this video, is a total boss. The quality of women founders in YC is phenomenal, I'm proud to be associated. Though this is an ext…

Great response, you articulated a lot of my thoughts here much better than I could have. Creating different rules for different people is insidious. It's very very difficult for an…

I totally agree - my point was that in many places outside of SV/tech, there are much bigger discrimination issues than the "men's work policies" issue. Sadly, it sounds like you'v…

Nugget of truth buried in the [fun but not-too-novel] article: "real progress in the workplace, for women and men, will come when more men forge flexible work schedules and wash di…

true! i've done both - had a baby when my startup was 3 years old, and it made parenting much easier to have gone through that whole everything-at-stake emotional roller coaster on…

Wrong. While one of the products Trulia offers is a subscription service for realtors, Trulia is independent and committed to providing the most accurate information to consumers (…

Great post! The thing that really rang true was the part about the fundraising/depression/derailment, and how that can lead a start-up to consider some random/terrible offers that …

this thing is adorable. i smile every time i tab past the IEEE article in my browser. now you've just gotta get Beyonce to sing about it (a la "video phone") and you'll be in busin…

I wrote a blog post about this awhile back: http://divyab.livejournal.com/5855.html the post is somewhat rough, preachy, and jumps around a little bit. I would probably write it di…