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by fruscica 6985 days ago
How does branded entertainment relate to news.yc?

Well, as nearly as I can tell, many of the folks who frequent YC News are interested in understanding how to give rise to a successful startup, and two big pieces of that puzzle are marketing and generating profits...

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And this assumes that your submissions provide valuable information about some key piece of that. It appears YC'ers disagree with your assessment.

Your premise here may very well be valid, but that doesn't mean the voted down posts were good.

Indeed. Just imagine how much money Google would have made if they'd hired an MBA, bought some superbowl ads, and refused to launch their product until they knew exactly how to make it cash-flow positive!