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Why The Founders of PayPal And HotorNot Helped This Dropout

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Re: Why The Founders of PayPal And HotorNot Helped This Dropout

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Post by wyday »

brown9-2 wrote: post #2

If you like this interview, could you vote for it on Hacker News? --Andrew I really wish people wouldn't do crap like this.

Why? Because he wants to reach an audience? He didn't say "If you want 5 bucks, could you vote for it on Hacker News?". If don't like it, don't vote for it.

Re: Why The Founders of PayPal And HotorNot Helped This Dropout

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Post by colinplamondon »

Really great interview- this is actually my favorite on Mixergy so far.

As an aside, I don't know why there's always a bunch of hate on Andrew and Mixergy when these threads come up. Personally, I appreciate it when his interviews are linked on HN, as this is how I hear when there's a particularly good one live.

Re: Why The Founders of PayPal And HotorNot Helped This Dropout

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Post by brown9-2 »

wyday wrote: post #3
brown9-2 wrote: post #2

If you like this interview, could you vote for it on Hacker News? --Andrew I really wish people wouldn't do crap like this.

Why? Because he wants to reach an audience? He didn't say "If you want 5 bucks, could you vote for it on Hacker News?". If don't like it, don't vote for it.

Well, I didn't, but I didn't think begging for votes was really accepted behavior either.

The goal around here, AFAIK, isn't to get the most votes but to have a quality discussion. This guy is just begging you to get links to his site voted up, probably so he can get more eyeballs/ad revenue.

Re: Why The Founders of PayPal And HotorNot Helped This Dropout

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Post by wyday »

brown9-2 wrote: post #6
wyday wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why? Because he wants to reach an audience? He didn't say "If you want 5 bucks, could you vote for it on Hacker News?". If don't like it, don't vote for it.

Well, I didn't, but I didn't think begging for votes was really accepted behavior either. The goal around here, AFAIK, isn't to get the most votes but to have a quality discussion. This guy is just begging you to get links to his site voted up, probably so he can get more eyeballs/ad revenue.

...but to have a quality discussion

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Re: Why The Founders of PayPal And HotorNot Helped This Dropout

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Post by joeythibault »

colinplamondon wrote: post #5

Really great interview- this is actually my favorite on Mixergy so far. As an aside, I don't know why there's always a bunch of hate on Andrew and Mixergy when these threads come up. Personally, I appreciate it when his interviews are linked on HN, as this is how I hear when there's a particularly good one live.

Really isn't this the point of Hackernews? to promote and link other sites (even you own) and to enable intelligent discussion? If it wasn't added here I for one wouldn't have learned about it or wegame.com.

That being said, I liked the interview. Though, I don't agree that failing at a business makes an individual more qualified to create another startup. I've met a few entrepreneurs who probably should just pack it in...

Really I think the key is that this guy made good connections and left and impression. If he had made the same connections (somehow) without failing first in a business things might have played out similarly.

Though, the fact that he had the wherewithal to start/fail at 15...kudos to him.

On another note, one of his points is similar to another current topic "eating/buying you own dog food". I suppose it's easy when your a 15 year old male and your market is video games...

Re: Why The Founders of PayPal And HotorNot Helped This Dropout

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Post by weaksauce »

brown9-2 wrote: post #6
wyday wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why? Because he wants to reach an audience? He didn't say "If you want 5 bucks, could you vote for it on Hacker News?". If don't like it, don't vote for it.

Well, I didn't, but I didn't think begging for votes was really accepted behavior either. The goal around here, AFAIK, isn't to get the most votes but to have a quality discussion. This guy is just begging you to get links to his site voted up, probably so he can get more eyeballs/ad revenue.

The thing is that if it is quality and you are a HN member and your first instinct is not to run to HN and find the article and vote on it if you like it, then this is an easy way to get you to the submission and see the relevant discussion and upvote it if you like it.
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