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Comment by dshah | Hacker News Reader

He got at least one thing wrong: YC folks don't work hard to make money. Many of them work really hard, but I don't think it's to make money.

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Pretty sure it's for the money.

I did it for the cheese. The Boston batch gets some pretty good stuff.

I would like to try podolico.

I've heard it's not worth the money.

It's not just for the money, I agree. But the money is surely a part of it. Imagine if they gave you the same chance to "change the world", but said, we'll keep 90% of your equity.

Isn't that what VCs do?

Money is what we use to buy bread, iphones and laptops. Hacking, we do for fun and enjoyment. But also to buy bread, iphones and laptops.

Well, its all good.

Sometimes it's to make money.

its mainly to go to higher orbit where money is not that essential. In present situation for most of the founders; money is important part.

I don't understand how the desire to "solve the money problem" and get to the point where money is not that essential is supposedly on some higher moral plane. It's like you're saying, "Hey, we're not greedy. We just want enough money so that we don't ever have to worry about money anymore, that's all." How does that differentiate you from the rest of the money-grubbers? Do you think that greedy people have a different goal?

I'd like to solve the money problem as well, but unless I use my money for unselfish purposes I'm not going to pretend that I have higher ideals than others who are seeking for money.

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