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Does YC take Jason and other early-stage investors as direct competitors?

In 2014, Google's Total Operating Expense was 49.5B. I'm not convinced going out of the Valley would be vital for them. https://www.google.com/finance?q=NASDAQ:GOOG&fstype=ii

Although hated, this comment raises interesting points. Indeed, kids are given much more freedom and are less "disciplined" than ever before. At the same time, there's never been s…

>For most firms this is a pause, a reset —not a meltdown Well, isn't that just a nicer way to put this?

>For most firms this is a pause, a reset —not a meltdown Well, isn't that just a nicer way to put this?

These are just anecdotal examples. Hundreds of unmentioned public companies have faced hurtful consequences that unicorns didn't have to worry about. In the end, what's urgent isn'…

Sure, valuations are "tricky", but you could still impose regulations on the amount of invested capital (e.g. only regulate after >U$200M is invested). Also, stating that `U$1B com…

Regarding unicorns (> U$1 billion valuation), the U.S should implement certain regulations. These startups have market caps that are larger than thousands of public companies that …

>We aren’t a bank yet, but we are applying to the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) for authorisation to become one. I don't want to be ne…

Instead of using an ignorant sarcasm, take a look at facts and formulate an argument: http://etfdb.com/etfdb-category/technology-equities/ http://venturebeat.com/2016/01/18/there-a…

Sure. That's why $FB stock is -5% down. http://finance.yahoo.com/echarts?s=FB+Interactive#{"lineColo...

This isn't surprising. I'm gonna generalize: Without VC money, startups are led by "culture" (i.e. collective personality and desires of each member of the team). It has amazing re…

No. That's about recognizing there would be no mean reversion, a great indicative of the existence of crony monopolies and, therefore, lack of capitalism.

No. Little guys compete with each other to start a niche SaaS app for passive income. Only CEOs of huge corporations are able to build electric cars and smartphones or process fina…

>We are always wary of guiding for mean reversion. But, if we are wrong and high margins manage to endure for the next few years (particularly when global demand growth is below tr…

Allocate part of your wealth in riskier assets. If you think you're able to do it on your own, play around with some ETFs. Alternatively, ask around for a good hedge fund.

I have never lived in OKC and simply used to make a point, as did the parent comment. Take Iowa, South Dakota, Utah, Texas then. If you are a senior software engineer with a family…