PG on the cover of Forbes

#1

Post by GDH » Fri, Nov 19, 2010, 6:49 AM UTC

Re: PG on the cover of Forbes

#2

Post by j_baker » Fri, Nov 19, 2010, 7:07 AM UTC

"Y Combinator--a computer term for a program that runs other programs"

Heh... completely wrong, but I suppose it's the best you can expect a non-techie/math nerd readership to get. Heck, it's probably close to the most you can expect the average programmer to get.

EDIT: And another one...

"Graham met Morris, an authority on the Unix computer language"

Re: PG on the cover of Forbes

#3

Post by chaosmachine » Fri, Nov 19, 2010, 7:08 AM UTC

Here is the actual cover:

http://imgur.com/gOyI9.jpg

Re: PG on the cover of Forbes

#4

Post by evanrmurphy » Fri, Nov 19, 2010, 7:09 AM UTC

I think this is a repeat of http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1831471

Re: PG on the cover of Forbes

#5

Post by scorpion032 » Fri, Nov 19, 2010, 7:09 AM UTC

Print version (with single page view): http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2010/1108/best-small-companies-...

Re: PG on the cover of Forbes

#6

Post by patio11 » Fri, Nov 19, 2010, 7:12 AM UTC

I've got to imagine any photographer trying for a YC photo would look at the Inc cover which reprised The Last Supper and just despair.

Re: PG on the cover of Forbes

#7

Post by jdp23 » Fri, Nov 19, 2010, 7:12 AM UTC

i thought the virtual absence of women was interesting. Jessica Mah got two paragraphs near the end, Demi Moore a passing mention, and Jessica Livingston merited two sentences. she co-founded YC and is married to Paul, and they couldn't even ask her for a quote?

other than that it was guys, guys, guys. http://bit.ly/ycturgor2 has more.

Re: PG on the cover of Forbes

#8

Post by gojomo » Fri, Nov 19, 2010, 7:15 AM UTC

chaosmachine wrote: post #3

Here is the actual cover: http://imgur.com/gOyI9.jpg

A nice, striking (against the red), somewhat atypical picture of PG. Did the photographer coach to suppress the usual smile?

Re: PG on the cover of Forbes

#9

Post by GDH » Fri, Nov 19, 2010, 7:24 AM UTC

jdp23 wrote: post #7

i thought the virtual absence of women was interesting. Jessica Mah got two paragraphs near the end, Demi Moore a passing mention, and Jessica Livingston merited two sentences. she co-founded YC and is married to Paul, and they couldn't even ask her for a quote? other than that it was guys, guys, guys. http://bit.ly/ycturgor2 has more.

Very true, Forbes often overlooks the women behind innovation. They tried to make up for it with the 100 most influential women issue last month, I would much rather see them include a few more articles each month on the subject.

Re: PG on the cover of Forbes

#10

Post by GDH » Fri, Nov 19, 2010, 7:25 AM UTC

chaosmachine wrote: post #3

Here is the actual cover: http://imgur.com/gOyI9.jpg

Thanks for the actual cover shot, I got my copy in the mail this morning while running out the door to go write a midterm. I noticed PG on the cover and spent half the day wondering if anything new was in the article.