Wanelo: The First Million Users

Post by chacham15 » Mon, Mar 24, 2014, 5:10 PM UTC

mtrimpe wrote: post #95

epistasis wrote: post #79

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She says "no tech cofounder" when she was looking around for funding, and mentions it only to the extent that it makes it more difficult to get funding. The next slides are all about the technical team. Plenty of "co-founders" disappear in early stage startups that take a long time to get going, and at that point they're no longer co-founders, they were just associated people. I think that HN has a very low tolerance…

It's a sad, sad state of affairs. Especially seeing the points for my comment cycle up and down as rapidly as they are. 12,4,7,4,7,1 so far :( After reading Sam's last two blog posts I just decided to reconsider and apply to YC after all; but the atmosphere here is so toxic that I can't help but feel that I'd spend more energy on dealing with YC misogyny than actually participating.

Post by bradyd » Mon, Mar 24, 2014, 5:32 PM UTC

menacingly wrote: post #101

gus_massa wrote: post #92

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Very agresive tone. I almost downvoted you because I thought it was a comment to the article, until I realize it was a reply to a deleted comment. Do you have a copy of the original comment?

It was a positive quote about moving from failure to failure without a loss of enthusiasm which somehow triggered an outrageously aggressive response, then was deleted to compound the confusion.

Post by thegorillamofo » Mon, Mar 24, 2014, 5:42 PM UTC

kyro wrote: post #115

Lesson learned: Don't upload a fun, story-telling presentation online for fear that a third-party may submit it to HN where you will likely be ridiculed not only for not applying scientific-study-level-rigor to every bullet point and image you've placed on your slides, but also for events of your past that are constructed from nothing more than tenuous inference and speculation. You guys are a lovely and welcoming bu…

Post by kyro » Mon, Mar 24, 2014, 5:45 PM UTC

thegorillamofo wrote: post #116

kyro wrote: post #115

Lesson learned: Don't upload a fun, story-telling presentation online for fear that a third-party may submit it to HN where you will likely be ridiculed not only for not applying scientific-study-level-rigor to every bullet point and image you've placed on your slides, but also for events of your past that are constructed from nothing more than tenuous inference and speculation. You guys are a lovely and welcoming bu…

More like Lesson learned: Don't upload a story board full of blatant lies, misrepresentation of facts and half truths and expect people to just fall down and worship the ground you walk on.

Post by menacingly » Mon, Mar 24, 2014, 6:12 PM UTC

bradyd wrote: post #114

menacingly wrote: post #101

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It was a positive quote about moving from failure to failure without a loss of enthusiasm which somehow triggered an outrageously aggressive response, then was deleted to compound the confusion.

Actually it was a comment about how attractive the female founder was. The comment you are referring to is still there: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7458282 .