Will an assured $150k investment hurt the spirit of Y Combinator?

Re:Will an assured $150k investment hurt the spirit of Y Com... by shykes on Saturday January 29, 2011 @03:28AM (#2155056)

Bullshit. As a YC alumni I can say this will have a huge positive impact on productivity.

Before: "should I raise now? I'm supposed to wait for demo day but XYZ is doing it, maybe I should just raise a little to be sure? I'll just get 2 intros and that's it, promise."

After: code code code code.

This is YC making sure their startups don't forget what matters: the product. Great move.

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Re:Will an assured $150k investment hurt the spirit of Y Com... by bradmccarty on Saturday January 29, 2011 @09:47AM (#2155476)

Thanks for the perspective, shykes. As someone who just writes about what happens in tech, clearly I don't know what the feeling is like of actually being inside of YC. These are just questions that come to mind.

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Re:Will an assured $150k investment hurt the spirit of Y Com... by shykes on Saturday January 29, 2011 @03:57PM (#2156349)

Didn't mean to shoot the messenger :) I'm seeing a lot of lamenting when there's every reason to be excited.

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