[buro9]

It's a very fine line. Back when I had the record label we were consciously trying to ensure that the bands did not actually starve whilst ensuring they weren't totally comfortable either. In comfort you put your feet up, and too hungry and you won't get stuff done and will look for jobs on the side that distract you.

It's a lot easier to start with a tight belt than it is to try and tighten the belt further down the road. Starting lean and having a culture of that means you can stay lean and always be mindful of reducing your burn rate.

But the ability to stay lean for longer is a great thing, a really great thing.

It all comes down to how wisely the money is used by the YCs, if they're coding with a big injection in mind they might not find the right mindset, but if they're coding linked to a financial drip-feed then this just gave them all the time in the world to get the product right.

So... could go either way. Really it comes down to them to use this for good or to let it hurt their chances.

It's very hard to voluntarily take the Seneca position to prepare against bad fortune by the modern day equivalent of eating Ramen if you don't actually have to.