Has Y Combinator lost its way when the latest company is a Mac only widget?

Re:Has Y Combinator lost its way when the latest company is ... by adkadskhj on Friday March 12, 2021 @10:56AM (#26437106)

Yes, thank you. A handful of years back i realized every huge startup's new product was 90% empty air. Ie, startups would bite off more than they could chew - even huge startups.

Doing one thing well is so much better to me than 100 things poorly. And there's still a ton of complexity and work to do the one thing well, usually. Be it integrations, sub features, whatever - i vastly prefer a full experience with a narrow scope than a "out the door" experience with a huge scope.

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Re:Has Y Combinator lost its way when the latest company is ... by brundolf on Friday March 12, 2021 @11:22AM (#26437415)

And especially today, when tech megacorps attempt to copy every successful product on any of their platforms, doubling-down on doing one thing extremely well is your best defense because that's what they struggle with

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Re:Has Y Combinator lost its way when the latest company is ... by achenatx on Friday March 12, 2021 @11:42AM (#26437660)

this is how you compete against walmart and possibly amazon.

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