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by jdamon96 624 days ago
you're obviously joking, but it'd be interesting if you actually tried :)

people seem so caught up in founders' particular ideas at the pre-seed stage and forget that YC is investing in people - specifically: people who try. you can jokingly quip that you'd be better at forking vs code, but at the end of the day they're doing it - not "waiting for their check" - and you're making fun of them on the internet ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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satvikpendem 623 days ago
> people seem so caught up in founders' particular ideas at the pre-seed stage and forget that YC is investing in people - specifically: people who try.

Are they? Seems like based on this YC alum [0], the reality these days is otherwise.

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41697032

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drpossum 624 days ago
You're right, I am joking. I have my own ventures that carry some dignity. It's also premature for a claim that they are "people who try" as they have not produced anything except mistakes and apologies.

Also, maybe consider you're spending your time baselessly defending strangers on the internet. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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ahoka 623 days ago
When there's gold rush, sell shovels: create a startup with an AI product for defending other AI startups' blatantly unimaginative idea.
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