[fakedang]

Somehow I feel that Paul Graham has contaminated the startup discourse with his "Founder Mode" essay.

Not to mention, PG is taking the dangerous route and only looking at a few data points (let's be honest, just one - Brian Chesky, not even Joe or Nate) and trying to extrapolate that over the rest of the domain.

According to PG, Sam was one of his favorite founder types a decade earlier. How did that founder mode work out, except for a failed startup, then having to kick him out of YC, and now heading a startup where all the core team members left for greener pastures? If Loopt did pan out, I'm sure PG would be raving over Sam instead.

At this point, it's about time PG steps out of his inner circle shell and actually meet some successful founders in the YC community on the regular.