Ask HN: Sell my startup for $14M because I can't raise $2M?

Re:Ask HN: Sell my startup for $14M because I can't raise $2M? by jedberg on Friday September 22, 2017 @08:23PM (#15317212)

It's ok to say "fucks" on HN, especially if it's a direct quote (and in this case fairly relevant since he was a fairly crass man).

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Re:Ask HN: Sell my startup for $14M because I can't raise $2M? by weaksauce on Friday September 22, 2017 @10:25PM (#15317695)

I looked up the quote and it seems like it was fornicates though I remember it being fucks. I didn't do a ton of research to verify it though. i remember it as "if it fucks, floats or flies; rent" but I lost the book so I can't look it up easily.

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Re:Ask HN: Sell my startup for $14M because I can't raise $2M? by stevenj on Friday September 22, 2017 @11:14PM (#15317867)

I remember reading "fornicates" as well when I read the book. While I'm not able to find a direct online source to the quote, I did stumble upon this old HN thread where multiple people quote the same thing: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=680645 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=680633 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=681167

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Re:Ask HN: Sell my startup for $14M because I can't raise $2M? by awakeasleep on Saturday September 23, 2017 @01:09AM (#15318246)

Many people don't strive to be trashy all the time, and that reddit style encouragement to always push the trashy envelope isn't always cute!

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