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Re:The just-say-no engineer was a ZIRP phenomenon by Apocryphon on Wednesday May 27, 2026 @02:22AM (#48290403)
No Exit, written in 2014, recounts that infamous time a team (trio?) of founders were funded before they had a business idea.
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Re:The just-say-no engineer was a ZIRP phenomenon by fontain on Wednesday May 27, 2026 @02:58PM (#48298852)
That's been YC's modus operandi since long before 2014. Reddit, from the first YC batch, came about because Paul said (paraphrasing) "I like you kids but your idea sucks, forget about it and you can join YC". Nothing to do with ZIRP.
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