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Re: Forbes 30 under 30 in 2012

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This thread has made me think less of Hacker News. All of it. The hate posts were pretty petty, but the fawning is pretty gross as well. We wonder why there's so much ageism. It's because age obsessions stem from this "cool list" narcissistic nonsense. But this is a prejudice all of us will face, because we're all (well, almost all, and with luck) going to be old some day. The sign of maturity is to see something lik…

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Re: Forbes 30 under 30 in 2012

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post #70

It's obnoxious how they do these things, milking every last pageview they can possibly get. I can't make it through this and I'm extremely interested in the subject matter. Is there a text list of all of the people and what company they are with somewhere? Preferably visible on one page?

all about the ad impressions, at the end of the day. mighty mighty CPM dollars ya'll

Re: Forbes 30 under 30 in 2012

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post #70

It's obnoxious how they do these things, milking every last pageview they can possibly get. I can't make it through this and I'm extremely interested in the subject matter. Is there a text list of all of the people and what company they are with somewhere? Preferably visible on one page?

all about the ad impressions, at the end of the day. mighty mighty CPM dollars ya'll

Re: Forbes 30 under 30 in 2012

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post #67
post #24

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Yipes, I missed an entire category: Congratulations Suhail, John, Apoorva, Matt, Mazy, Ben, and Emmett too!

Don't forget Kathryn. The Muse is YC funded as well. http://www.forbes.com/pictures/eeji45eegdf/kathryn-minshew-2...

Not to mention Tom, Ilan, and Mahbod! http://www.forbes.com/pictures/eeel45ldjm/mahbod-moghadam-il...

Re: Forbes 30 under 30 in 2012

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As someone 35 years old, I wonder - how many successful co-founders are there between 30-40? are there any statistics on that? What is the histogram by age for top 1000 startups? (any metric marking what "top" means will do)

And congratulations by the way to all the people on the list, instead of hurting my ego and discouraging me, I see this as a way to motivate me to make it to a 40 under 40 list (I'm sure there is one somewhere)

Re: Forbes 30 under 30 in 2012

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Just remember this list is not based on meritocracy, most/all these people will have publicists and/or their startups will have "good" PR firm representation.

If you secretly wish you were on this list but don't have the above then you are doing it wrong.

Re: Forbes 30 under 30 in 2012

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post #67
post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yipes, I missed an entire category: Congratulations Suhail, John, Apoorva, Matt, Mazy, Ben, and Emmett too!

Don't forget Kathryn. The Muse is YC funded as well. http://www.forbes.com/pictures/eeji45eegdf/kathryn-minshew-2...

Kathryn = Kate.

Re: Forbes 30 under 30 in 2012

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post #67

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Don't forget Kathryn. The Muse is YC funded as well. http://www.forbes.com/pictures/eeji45eegdf/kathryn-minshew-2...

Not to mention Tom, Ilan, and Mahbod! http://www.forbes.com/pictures/eeel45ldjm/mahbod-moghadam-il...

Oops, yes, sorry guys.

Re: Forbes 30 under 30 in 2012

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that disclosure sounds like bragging, sorry

And what's wrong with that? People can't be happy with their accomplishments?

Nobody said he shouldn't be happy. The point was that bragging about them in public (as opposed to around friends or family) is unbecoming.

Re: Forbes 30 under 30 in 2012

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post #76

Just remember this list is not based on meritocracy, most/all these people will have publicists and/or their startups will have "good" PR firm representation. If you secretly wish you were on this list but don't have the above then you are doing it wrong.

Nobody I know who is on the list has a publicist.
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