Re:Falling in love will cost you two close friends
by bkrausz on Friday September 17, 2010 @06:01PM
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I think this is one of the biggest perks of YC: I have more friends because I did it, not fewer. I met some of my closest friends there (and even got introduced to my girlfriend through one of them).
Seems like a net gain to me ;-).
Re:Falling in love will cost you two close friends
by robryan on Friday September 17, 2010 @09:07PM
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Even without something like YC it gives you to opportunity to connect with others doing startups, as long as your city has a startup/ coworking ecosystem. Probably met more people and had way more interesting conversations since getting involved.
I am guessing If you are a founder, your time for social life will be very very limited, and a startup will cost 2 or more close friends.
One thing I found out, is that in general (for guys at least) is very easy to catch up and reconnect even after a long period of time of disconnect, as long as they are in the same stage lifes (eg. both being single, or not having kids, or both having a domestic life and kids, etc.). The disconnect becomes more permament when one enters a completely different stage of the life (having kids, will the major one), than the other friend.