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Y Combinator's Original Home For Sale

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Re: Y Combinator's Original Home For Sale

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Post by istari »

jedberg wrote: post #14
tptacek wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's hard to imagine an hour spent managing the logistics of a coworking space in Boston that isn't better spent on one of the large number of startups YC is advising already. That's in addition to the fact that YC was never really a coworking program itself; one of the distinctions Graham drew between YC and "incubators" (remember those?) was that YC companies had to find their own working space. Also: who gives awa…

> It's hard to imagine an hour spent managing the logistics of a coworking space in Boston that isn't better spent on one of the large number of startups YC is advising already. I was thinking more along the lines of diversifying income while keeping what is a great piece of real estate. If there is enough demand, it could even warrant hiring a part time real estate manager, so that precious time is not diverted. > T…

For pg, diversification would be to take that $1M and plow it into 30 promising startups.

Re: Y Combinator's Original Home For Sale

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Post by nck4222 »

How about turning it in to a startup community gathering place?

YC benefits: Instead of just receiving a lot of apps from the area from people you never heard of, you'd be able to get to know them for months before they apply; It'd help your application process, and let you make more accurate judgments on who would succeed and who wouldn't; You'd be able to tap in to the Harvard/MIT crowd and get more of them interested (although I'm sure YC isn't slouching here already).

Re: Y Combinator's Original Home For Sale

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Post by emmett »

This is where we wrote a good deal of the code for Kiko, and where Steve wrote a lot of Reddit. It makes me nostalgic for our 2005 YC batch, and sad to see it go on the market. I hope whoever buys it puts it to good use.

Re: Y Combinator's Original Home For Sale

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Post by jedberg »

istari wrote: post #21
jedberg wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> It's hard to imagine an hour spent managing the logistics of a coworking space in Boston that isn't better spent on one of the large number of startups YC is advising already. I was thinking more along the lines of diversifying income while keeping what is a great piece of real estate. If there is enough demand, it could even warrant hiring a part time real estate manager, so that precious time is not diverted. > T…

For pg, diversification would be to take that $1M and plow it into 30 promising startups.

I don't think you understand what diversification means. :)

Re: Y Combinator's Original Home For Sale

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Post by plusbryan »

emmett wrote: post #23

This is where we wrote a good deal of the code for Kiko, and where Steve wrote a lot of Reddit. It makes me nostalgic for our 2005 YC batch, and sad to see it go on the market. I hope whoever buys it puts it to good use.

For sure. I still remember scooping out huge gobs of that yummy spagetti sauce from that stove. This feels a bit like my parents selling my childhood home. So many good memories.
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