Matt Maroon: Demo Day B and Beyond

"I think Y Combinator should always do a Boston demo day first, even during the winter session, just to give people the practice."

Pretty hilarious. Or sad.

Matt, do you know where the bad poker players in Somerville hang around? I, uh, need to raise some angel money, and Seabrook is a schlep.

Great chutzpah setting the record straight in front of everyone. Note for presenters: Have a contingency plan if your demo breaks that involves something other than insulting a guy who's doing you a favor. Good restraint saying "I wasn't seeing any video" rather than "their demo was unrehearsed and the product didn't work".

Cambridge sounds even worse than I thought. YC should do everything in SV and just have a trip out to Boston for demo day -- although from the sound of it there's not much point, if the Boston investors are such that the East Coast bunch has to move to SV for funding anyway. Good for warmups for the SV investors, though.

If you want to give your start-up the best shot, why spend all that time in the distant-second place (Boston is #2) when you could be in #1?

I wish that big chunk of bitmapped type he has at the top of every page was antialiased. The ugliness distracts from his thoughts on poker, Guitar Hero, and other profound topics.