You don't have to have access to startups, you can look at results. Maybe there are a bunch of stealth startups about to break through, but the only things the public hears about are groupon clones, photo sharing sites…
Just because you can't tell what a game changer is in advance -- and that you might even consider it trivial at first -- doesn't mean that you can't tell what is geniunely trivial too.
Startups aren't working on anything important these days. It's true. But that's mainly a factor of the economy. The economy isn't doing well and there isn't enough confidence to invest in things that might do something…
People also need to realize that Y Combinator is really just a monetization of Paul Grahams blog that he has worked very hard at for over a decade. There haven't been any serious companies (or acquisitions) created…
You don't have to have access to startups, you can look at results. Maybe there are a bunch of stealth startups about to break through, but the only things the public hears about are groupon clones, photo sharing sites…
Just because you can't tell what a game changer is in advance -- and that you might even consider it trivial at first -- doesn't mean that you can't tell what is geniunely trivial too.
Startups aren't working on anything important these days. It's true. But that's mainly a factor of the economy. The economy isn't doing well and there isn't enough confidence to invest in things that might do something…
People also need to realize that Y Combinator is really just a monetization of Paul Grahams blog that he has worked very hard at for over a decade. There haven't been any serious companies (or acquisitions) created…