Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by uiri 4440 days ago
I just want to raise the point that your Apple example doesn't take inflation into account. The $4300 in 1975 is roughly $18.5k (to within $500) in today's dollars. This is inline with YC's previous seed funding of $17k.

I have to agree with you that what is "a lot of money" is entirely relative; I don't think that $5k in today's terms is a lot of money by any startup's standards but any amount upwards of $15k or so is definitely "a lot of money" to a larval startup.