congrats Sam! Thanks for your help the last few months!
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#142daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn
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#143On semi-unrelated note: Can YC-like incubators/accelerators ever become a public company? Lot of people I know would like to invest in startups but have no time, resources or experience to personally do due diligence. It would be great if public could buy shares of these accelerator companies. The amount from their IPOs can truely trigger exponential growth of startups.
Right now most incubators/accelerators are busy playing small investment/big exits model but there is huge untapped area where one need medium to large capital but can expect 2X-5X return with lower risks. I'm not sure if SEC has any rules against incubators/accelerators going public but for next exponential growth it seems essential.
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#144Earlier quoted context omitted.
> (Also, maybe someday soon we’ll make Hacker News work well on mobile :) ) Sam, there are already mobile apps for this. But the constantly expiring links due to limitations to Arc should be fixed.
:) I have always found this to be HN's "Badge of Irony": Funds some of the best, highest velocity startups in tech; Can't get their shit together around UX/Mobile. It is frustratingly endearing.
I wonder why I've not seen this expressed before, I've thought it every time I see these complaints regarding the HN mobile experience.
Maybe it isn't desirable to have people writing comments on their phone. The comment quality is likely greatly reduced by people writing pithy one-liners on their phones.
The best content on this site are the long expert comments, and those will never be typed on a mobile device.
All that being said, maybe its by design that the UX isn't great on mobile devices... or you know maybe the people that could make the changes just have bigger fish to fry.
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#146Exciting, congrats.
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#147On semi-unrelated note: Can YC-like incubators/accelerators ever become a public company? Lot of people I know would like to invest in startups but have no time, resources or experience to personally do due diligence. It would be great if public could buy shares of these accelerator companies. The amount from their IPOs can truely trigger exponential growth of startups. Right now most incubators/accelerators are busy…
I don't think there is a shortage of capital right now. I haven't heard of anyone with a really good idea being turned down recently because the VC firms were currently out of money.
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#148Earlier quoted context omitted.
So is that the main motivation - so you have attention to spare for essays? Any other plans? EDIT: I know how you say that writing => other ideas. So I guess the question is whether 1) You have something else in mind currently 2) You're writing with the intent to come up with other ideas 3) You're writing, and if another idea happens to come up that you like, you'll pursue it, or 4) You want to write and not pursue o…
It's not the only motivation. It really will be better for YC to have someone running it who is actually interested in running an organization. I have a whole bunch of ideas for essays I'd like to write, but I almost never pick a topic. The way I decide which one to write is that one starts to write itself in my head.
Does that mean you will start working on Arc as well ?
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#149Congratulations Sam!
Good luck with what is coming next in this adventure and I hope you will continue writing on your blog.
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#150"You could parachute [Sam] into an island full of cannibals and come back in 5 years and he'd be the king." - PG 5.5 years ago[1] Congrats Sam. [1] http://paulgraham.com/fundraising.html
So Y Combinator is slightly harsher than an island full of cannibals?
Sam was 'parachuted' into YC 9 years ago - so almost twice as harsh!