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This became one of the top 10 posts of all time on the /r/startups thread in 24 hours so I figured it might interest the community here.

I don't think Google would benefit from a YC-style approach. Google can afford to buy the winners because they have mountains of cash. They also can only invest the time in compani…

This is Wil Schroter @ Startups.co. I was a customer like many who got the same email and was disappointed. This is a great company that made some bad moves. I'm not defending that…

Sorta feel like there needs to be more teeth to this than simply guidelines based. @SamA what more "severe" approaches did you consider and why did you decide they wouldn't work? T…

There's not.

It's taken.

If you get over your toes in operating capital it can absolutely happen. Think about a low margin business where most of the money just flows right back in operating costs. You onl…

@superplussed. I've played with both. My diet isn't awesome, and never has been, so I'm sure that doesn't help. But if I could choose being more focused or giving up chocolate Pop-…

@mortdeus - I'm not saying for a moment I wouldn't prefer more concentration. I would also prefer to be 6" taller, have 20 more points on my IQ, and be attractive to women. But lif…

The first one does $2 billion and has 13,000 employees now, so it worked out OK. Blue Diesel which became Ventiv - public, now private.

Just shot you an email. Happy to share/help.

(author here). The first 18 years of my life, particularly in school, were dreadfully plagued by ADD. I graduated at the bottom of my class in high school, went to summer school ye…

Congrats team. Very few people every make it to the finish line of an exit, and for those that do, you inspire the rest!

Given direct access to the most powerful person in the world, people on Reddit still act no differently. Yay consistency.

Let's first agree that none of us knows. What if he did NOT profit? What if he lost millions of his own personal net worth? Would you consider him the opposite of a bastard? There …

Last week at this time it was popular to pile on Onlive's CEO to say "he fired everyone and stole the company!". No one asked why he did it. The common thread was "he was greedy!" …

For as many sales that exist behind closed doors with b/s valuations, here's a few guys who used standard metrics (sales, gasp!) for valuing their company and made multiple attempt…