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Re:Ask HN: What startups are working on hard, technically ch... by hoodoof on Saturday March 21, 2015 @08:22AM (#9242548)
Where has this need come from for startups to feel illegitimate unless they are changing the world, giving back to the community, bringing world peace blah blah
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Re:Ask HN: What startups are working on hard, technically ch... by pas on Saturday March 21, 2015 @09:03AM (#9242630)
Well, if you start pitching this to everybody and their mom too, people will start to measure you up based on this.

At first it was pretty rational to present yourself in a way that gets you that 15 minutes. Now, I don't know, but HN is full of startups trying to revolutionize something instead of incrementally "disrupting" a set of incumbents.

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Re:Ask HN: What startups are working on hard, technically ch... by chippy on Saturday March 21, 2015 @04:22PM (#9244079)
Interesting. I don't think there is such an explicit need. I blame Google and their "Don't be Evil" tagline.

On the other hand, two other popular startup mantras "making products that people love" or "fixing a problem that people have" are quite easy to spin to be worthy and good.

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