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Re:Why I turned down my Y Combinator interview by scarface74 on Thursday March 21, 2019 @12:31PM (#19454232)
What bold move are they taking if they are using other people’s money?
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Re:Why I turned down my Y Combinator interview by p1esk on Thursday March 21, 2019 @12:57PM (#19454559)
The bold move of starting a company, obviously, rather than working for someone else, like most regular people usually do.
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Re:Why I turned down my Y Combinator interview by arthurcolle on Thursday March 21, 2019 @01:02PM (#19454623)
It's not like the money's a gift... you have various metrics presumably that you have to hit once you raise money, especially once you're past the angel/seed stages.
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Re:Why I turned down my Y Combinator interview by scarface74 on Thursday March 21, 2019 @01:04PM (#19454663)
It’s not a gift, but if they fail, they have lost nothing but time - if they are paying themselves a salary.
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