He seems like a genuinely good guy. I wish he’d stop using twitter, though.
Michael Seibel is leaving Y Combinator
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#32> The next adventure I’m excited to pursue (after taking the summer to relax) is how I can help government better serve its citizens. Thank you to the countless friends who have been pushing me in this direction for years. Government was the passion of my youth and I’m excited to reengage. Uhhh... why now? Right now, (at least the Federal) government is currently on a self-destruction spree. AFAICT, they're not reall…
Now is the perfect time for this. For starters it takes years to sell into government any way. If he writes his first line of code today they might have a sellable product ready in a year. Then getting FEDRAMP accredited and going through procurement cycles probably another year or so. I think the current administration is likely open to technology-first solutions to reduce friction in government, and the next admini…
>think the current administration is likely open to technology-first solutions to reduce friction
People really need to stop believing the lies they're using to "justify" their actions in public.
More friction, mistakes, and inefficiencies are the point here. Lookup "Starve the Beast".
They have very openly stated the purpose of this is to destroy government institutions to get back at "the deep state". The deep state = their enemies. It isn't about improving budget. It isn't about improving efficiency. This is just about destroying the government and harming the correct people.
All this also has the added benefit of removing regulation/oversight which is gonna let certain people(Musk, Trump, etc) fleece the government of money/power.
Re: Michael Seibel is leaving Y Combinator
#33Earlier quoted context omitted.
Maybe they're part of the problem?
I'm not interested in litigating the merits of VCs, I was commenting positively and not normatively on the peculiarly small ratio of engaged financiers to obvious urban dysfunction in San Francisco.
I don't know the answer to my question. I just observe that it's a factor that sets San Fransisco apart from a lot of other cities. In my opinion it's worth investigating at least.
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#34Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm not interested in litigating the merits of VCs, I was commenting positively and not normatively on the peculiarly small ratio of engaged financiers to obvious urban dysfunction in San Francisco.
I don't know the answer to my question. I just observe that it's a factor that sets San Fransisco apart from a lot of other cities. In my opinion it's worth investigating at least.
In my experience, the San Franciscans advocating policies that are clearly misguided (e.g., not prosecuting property crimes) are usually not VCs.
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#35I saw the Domu Technology posting the other day and I was thinking, is this a joke? And then I saw that Michael was leaving, and I realized it's not a joke, it definitely checks out.