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Thank you, Cindy, for the good read. Tangential, but may I ask who were the big names/VCs/Investors you met in Seattle (even if they said no)? I'm also a Seattleite I'm interested to know who the 'players' (and magnitude) are around these parts?
> We convinced our friends in the current Y Combinator batch to let us stay in a closet at their East Palo Alto home office for $600 per month. If we spent $1,000 a month we would have 25 months of runway, which seems infinite. I'm all for frugality and cost controls, but this is ridiculous. It's things like this that brainwash a generation of fools into throwing their lives away at nonsensical ideas. I'm not saying…
> We convinced our friends in the current Y Combinator batch to let us stay in a closet at their East Palo Alto home office for $600 per month. If we spent $1,000 a month we would have 25 months of runway, which seems infinite. I'm all for frugality and cost controls, but this is ridiculous. It's things like this that brainwash a generation of fools into throwing their lives away at nonsensical ideas. I'm not saying…
There aren't many positive toplevel comments, and I don't think that's a reasonable situation for such a fine piece of writing. So: Your story is wonderfully illustrative, in-depth, and inspirational. Thank you for taking the time to share it. For what it's worth, I really like your writing style. I hope to see much more of it!
I second this. This article just steered me more towards SF instead of Seattle because it answered a lot of my questions.
There aren't many positive toplevel comments, and I don't think that's a reasonable situation for such a fine piece of writing. So: Your story is wonderfully illustrative, in-depth, and inspirational. Thank you for taking the time to share it. For what it's worth, I really like your writing style. I hope to see much more of it!
For founders, I am very responsive over email. If you have specific questions some me some electronic mail.
If you want to build a company but don't know where to start I recommend signing up for Startup School. https://blog.ycombinator.com/onlineclass/
Unrelated to this post, but related to dinosaurs if you like dinosaurs and want to dig some up this summer with me get in touch. I'm inviting roughly 100 people. We found a triceratops two years ago. It's been in the ground for over 65 million years.
I first read only to find out what experiment is (still don't really know) but instead quickly got trapped wanting to read more. Like I was reading something that was not supposed to be public. Especially the funding process. The description was chilling for me. I am greatful to have chosen to read this.
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> We convinced our friends in the current Y Combinator batch to let us stay in a closet at their East Palo Alto home office for $600 per month. If we spent $1,000 a month we would have 25 months of runway, which seems infinite. I'm all for frugality and cost controls, but this is ridiculous. It's things like this that brainwash a generation of fools into throwing their lives away at nonsensical ideas. I'm not saying…
There is never a better time than now.
This is a life-changing read for me. I was debating if I should move to Seattle or Bay area to pursue my 'science project' or not. My current job is going to give me 7 weeks of severance starting in late April and I think it will be enough to at least make the leap and cross my fingers. What I am working on will change the course of history if I even get close to succeeding. I was wondering if YC or TechStars would b…
FWIW, I was very explicit with investors that we would never flip the company. Our intention is to build a company that will last forever. I also acknowledged that things change. If Denny and my opinion changed would let our investors know right away. So far it hasn't changed. If you are planning on partnering with an investor make sure they understand your values and your intention. To clarify this I put it in writi…
I love Experiment.com, I've been following you guys since YC days. Thanks for trying something different and leaving a blueprint for my team to follow.
If I don't get into YC, I will get into Hack Reactor or Galvanize Data Science program. For the love of science and all that is good in this world, I definitely will stay hungry and stay foolish. Will do!
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I second this. This article just steered me more towards SF instead of Seattle because it answered a lot of my questions.
If you're curious about why I left Seattle. I wrote about it here: https://bold.co/public/why-i-left-seattle-egcdih?t=j9i3e37