Re:Y Combinator Failed Startups
by bshanks on Friday October 09, 2020 @11:13PM
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I agree with gkoberger, you're not considering the impact on individuals for whom a Google search of their name may in the future come up with "Biggest Y Combinator Failed Startups". At least take the founder names out of the section at the end dealing with the random smaller failures.
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Re:Y Combinator Failed Startups
by lawtalkinghuman on Saturday October 10, 2020 @08:18AM
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One of the companies on the list took consumer crowdfunding money from IndieGoGo and failed to deliver, and said IndieGoGo buyers "eventually stopped receiving communication" from the company.
But one shouldn't mention the names of the founders because future crowdfunders being able to look them up for the purpose of due diligence and deciding whether to invest their hard-earned dollars in their next venture would be unethical.
(I'd imagine both the law on, and attitudes to, online privacy would be in a much different place if people in Silicon Valley exercised the same level of empathy for all those pesky end users as they always find in droves for the saintly and well-intentioned startup founders.)
This applies to only 1 of the 5 companies named in the "Other Failed YC Startups" section. What about the founders of the other 4 companies there?
Re:Y Combinator Failed Startups
by lawtalkinghuman on Saturday October 10, 2020 @05:56PM
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Presumably, since failing in Silicon Valley is widely seen as a good thing, this should be seen as a step on the path to enlightenment.