Re:Y Combinator often backs startups that duplicate other YC...
by rolandog on Wednesday November 27, 2024 @11:08AM
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I can hypothesize that it may give startups the incentive to behave in reckless ways (e.g. pursue the MVP instead of the MVSP); think of the modern distortion of "ask for forgiveness, not permission" [0]:
> So “Ask forgiveness, not permission” meant:
Do the right thing within the organization, whether or not they know it. That way you can help the people that you work for.
> It did NOT mean:
Move the extrinsic cost to the public domain so that we can profit.
> So “Ask forgiveness, not permission” meant:
> It did NOT mean: [0]: https://changelog.com/posts/what-admiral-grace-hopper-really...