Post YC Depression

Re:Post YC Depression by xiphias2 on Wednesday March 04, 2020 @08:33AM (#22483559)

Your post contradicts itself. You either care about investor validation or not.

You just described your businesses by what investors value your companies, which means that you care about investors.

I think it's great though, both investor validation and user validation matter a lot in business (it doesn't matter if it's YC or VC).

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Re:Post YC Depression by kossae on Wednesday March 04, 2020 @09:14AM (#22483893)

I think they're referencing YC specifically. While money is money, there is a prestige put upon the acceptance into YC (obviously more so in this community). This, I believe, is what's being discussed. Not the validation of business ideas via VC investment.

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Re:Post YC Depression by texasbigdata on Wednesday March 04, 2020 @09:13AM (#22483887)

Or...he described part of the formula that determines how much he can cash out for...which backwards looking is a function of company success.

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Re:Post YC Depression by objektif on Wednesday March 04, 2020 @09:17AM (#22483917)

I think you are contradicting yourself. YC is not just an investor. And may be he just cares about money.

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Re:Post YC Depression by pdubs1 on Wednesday March 04, 2020 @09:17AM (#22483919)

Maybe, or maybe you lack logic + specific situational insight. Perhaps you spoke too soon, before understanding.

Your case is true only if "YC" === "All Investors"

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