I see you can ask Marc Andreessen for advice at https://21.co/pmarca/ - It costs $100 if he answers... Has anyone here asked him for advice and received it, and if so, was it worth the $100? I saw this a day or so ago, and at the time it was $20. The price seems to be inflating fast!
Ask HN: Did you pay Marc Andreessen for advice and was it worth it?
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Re: Ask HN: Did you pay Marc Andreessen for advice and was it worth it?
#2> "Was it worth it?"
The proceeds go to programs promoting underrepresented genders and ethnicities in tech, I'd say that yes it is quite "worth it".
Re: Ask HN: Did you pay Marc Andreessen for advice and was it worth it?
#3> "Was it worth it?" The proceeds go to programs promoting underrepresented genders and ethnicities in tech, I'd say that yes it is quite "worth it".
I think the question was whether the advice was worth $100, not whether the $100 went toward a meaningful cause.
Re: Ask HN: Did you pay Marc Andreessen for advice and was it worth it?
#4> "Was it worth it?" The proceeds go to programs promoting underrepresented genders and ethnicities in tech, I'd say that yes it is quite "worth it".
I think the question was whether the advice was worth $100, not whether the $100 went toward a meaningful cause.
It also appears to be optional to donate the money earned through this service, as the payee may opt to keep the proceeds instead.
Re: Ask HN: Did you pay Marc Andreessen for advice and was it worth it?
#5shouldn't this be marked with "Ask HN:"?
Re: Ask HN: Did you pay Marc Andreessen for advice and was it worth it?
#6Yeah and here is my question - how much of your own money did you give to this meaningful cause?
Re: Ask HN: Did you pay Marc Andreessen for advice and was it worth it?
#7I think it's just a really interesting way to gate a contact form and get people to think twice about sending off an email. Lots of people have thought about how to avoid spam: finding a way to have to pay to get into an inbox might just be the ticket.
Re: Ask HN: Did you pay Marc Andreessen for advice and was it worth it?
#8> "Was it worth it?" The proceeds go to programs promoting underrepresented genders and ethnicities in tech, I'd say that yes it is quite "worth it".
Number of genders reminds me Unicode problems.
Re: Ask HN: Did you pay Marc Andreessen for advice and was it worth it?
#9He's making a tradeoff here. This is an ingenious way to filter the 'massive' noise-to-signal ratio on his inbox, but at the same time it makes some of the random but legitimate questions go away.
Re: Ask HN: Did you pay Marc Andreessen for advice and was it worth it?
#10whatever you want to ask him: I'll answer it for $1