Why The Founders of PayPal And HotorNot Helped This Dropout
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As an aside, I don't know why there's always a bunch of hate on Andrew and Mixergy when these threads come up. Personally, I appreciate it when his interviews are linked on HN, as this is how I hear when there's a particularly good one live.
That being said, I liked the interview. Though, I don't agree that failing at a business makes an individual more qualified to create another startup. I've met a few entrepreneurs who probably should just pack it in...
Really I think the key is that this guy made good connections and left and impression. If he had made the same connections (somehow) without failing first in a business things might have played out similarly.
Though, the fact that he had the wherewithal to start/fail at 15...kudos to him.
On another note, one of his points is similar to another current topic "eating/buying you own dog food". I suppose it's easy when your a 15 year old male and your market is video games...
You have an excellent point though that selective HN highlighting of half-decent content actually minimises exposure to the site.
I know you work. You have a good sense of style. I'll take all the advice you're willing to give. mail at awarner dot com is my personal email address.
Not smug though. But too polished.
This may help: http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2006/03/its_how_you_...
I really wish people wouldn't do crap like this.
The goal around here, AFAIK, isn't to get the most votes but to have a quality discussion. This guy is just begging you to get links to his site voted up, probably so he can get more eyeballs/ad revenue.
Some articles & videos speak for themselves. See http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html .
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