@harryh just seems like such an incredulous thing to claim (iheard about it b/c a founder said it so turned him off he didn't apply to TS)
@harryh i'm pretty sure we fund more companies per year. maybe the most cities!
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techstars.com claims on their home page to be "the #1 startup accelerator in the world". anyone know by what possible metric?
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its possible there is a better smell than campfire and pine trees, but I sure don't know what it is
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i have now received four emails from charitable organizations congratulating us on the record-breaking acquisition and asking for a donation
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the 12% of SF that bothered to vote this week should be the only people allowed to complain about housing prices in the city.
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the craziest thing about the YC/A16Z hoax was how many people believed it, or opined they thought the price was "a little high"
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i think it breaks the culture in a lot of ways. works much better to start frugal and raise lots of money when everything is working.
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the track record of software startups that raise gigantic first rounds (say, 30MM+) is pretty bad.
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swift could be the programming language new programmers can easily get started with i have been waiting for
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