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Re:What I Didn't Say by Grokit on Tuesday December 31, 2013 @03:07AM (#6989581)
"Founded a successful web apps company back in the 1990s when that wasn't common, and sold it to Yahoo"

While that is awesome, it is a substantially different game we play nowadays than in the 90's.

Re:What I Didn't Say by theorique on Tuesday December 31, 2013 @08:05AM (#6990251)
Correct, and pg is not writing code for startups now, but investing in them, sharing his experience with them (mentoring), connecting them to follow-on investors, and supporting the process of growing those startups in which he has an active interest.

Hence, YC, etc.

Re:What I Didn't Say by aerique on Tuesday December 31, 2013 @05:54AM (#6989941)
You say this like he stopped learning and stopped getting more experienced since the 1990's.