Comments on: The Lost Arc http://nutrun.com/weblog/the-lost-arc/ nutrun Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:22:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Paul Graham http://nutrun.com/weblog/the-lost-arc/#comment-163 Paul Graham Thu, 14 Sep 2006 05:20:47 +0000 http://new-site.nutrun.com/?p=48#comment-163 Believe it or not, this whole venture capital thing and Arc might not be totally unrelated. As for making money off other people's hard work, now that I'm able to compare the two I'd say it's significantly easier to make money off my own. That is, if I had just started a startup and put as much effort into it as I have into YC, we would have made more money. So far, at least. Believe it or not, this whole venture capital thing and Arc might not be totally unrelated.

As for making money off other people’s hard work, now that I’m able to compare the two I’d say it’s significantly easier to make money off my own. That is, if I had just started a startup and put as much effort into it as I have into YC, we would have made more money. So far, at least.

]]> By: AN http://nutrun.com/weblog/the-lost-arc/#comment-162 AN Mon, 11 Sep 2006 03:11:40 +0000 http://new-site.nutrun.com/?p=48#comment-162 I think reading Graham's interest in venture capitalism as money-grubbing is absurd. Even if you wanted to put a negative spin on it, I think the worst realistic criticism is that he likes the excitement of startups and is using Y-Combinator as an excuse to live vicariously through young kids starting up their own companies. Even that is probably a fair bit too harsh. I think reading Graham’s interest in venture capitalism as money-grubbing is absurd.

Even if you wanted to put a negative spin on it, I think the worst realistic criticism is that he likes the excitement of startups and is using Y-Combinator as an excuse to live vicariously through young kids starting up their own companies. Even that is probably a fair bit too harsh.

]]> By: MJ http://nutrun.com/weblog/the-lost-arc/#comment-161 MJ Wed, 06 Sep 2006 01:09:53 +0000 http://new-site.nutrun.com/?p=48#comment-161 I've not actually heard many complaints..... I’ve not actually heard many complaints…..

]]> By: DAR http://nutrun.com/weblog/the-lost-arc/#comment-160 DAR Tue, 05 Sep 2006 16:33:29 +0000 http://new-site.nutrun.com/?p=48#comment-160 First 6 months?!?!?!? Get real! Paul's Y-Combinator only puts $6000 into each start-up they fund. And they explicitly seek out only college and post college-age kids - who are the only people in a position to eat be able to live off of $6000 by eating ramen noodles for 6 months. Sorry, Paul's not providing any wonderful service to the geek community. He's just trying to make as much money as possible off of someone else's hard work - as cheaply as he can. First 6 months?!?!?!? Get real! Paul’s Y-Combinator only puts $6000 into each start-up they fund. And they explicitly seek out only college and post college-age kids - who are the only people in a position to eat be able to live off of $6000 by eating ramen noodles for 6 months.

Sorry, Paul’s not providing any wonderful service to the geek community. He’s just trying to make as much money as possible off of someone else’s hard work - as cheaply as he can.

]]> By: MJ http://nutrun.com/weblog/the-lost-arc/#comment-159 MJ Tue, 05 Sep 2006 07:06:11 +0000 http://new-site.nutrun.com/?p=48#comment-159 Which is a better service? Proving a language for a ever decreasing subset to use or providing a service that permits geeks with ideas get through those first hard six months of creating something new? Which is a better service? Proving a language for a ever decreasing subset to use or providing a service that permits geeks with ideas get through those first hard six months of creating something new?

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