Are you assuming these startups are all in the bay area? I don't think PG is. I think he's saying that doing startups is becoming a broad cultural phenomenon. I think the "talent pool" really should be the whole world.…
I propose that investing is a market and the state of that market will depend on how the participants act. So, let me throw this idea out there: Be the kind of company that can pitch a VC and if they don't have a YES/NO…
After many years dealing with VCs as an employee of startups (often very early employee) when it came time to start my own company, I knew I wanted one that would not require venture capital. Making money is not that…
I think it's really time to move beyond VCs. We need something like YC-to-launch. Open source has greatly reduced the cost of starting a business. I think if you can't get to profitability on $150k, you're building an…
"I see it says here you're an [particular platform] programmer? Ok, have you ever worked with [particular SDK]? Oh, you have, ok what are the parameters to [arbitrary method in said SDK with over 6 parameters]" This is…
If you get an interviewer who is using you as material to feel smug, I take that as a solid sign that the company is not a good one to work for. I've had a long enough career that I can draw some conclusions about my…
I think I've become jaded in my old age, but I find questions like this to be a negative indicator of the nature of the company. I once interviewed at Apple for the quicktime team and they asked me a question about how…
I remember the first time I used AltaVista, in 1995 or so. I had previously used Yahoo (which was a directory back then) and was pretty astounded at what AltaVista could do. I remember a similar feeling the first time I…
Are you assuming these startups are all in the bay area? I don't think PG is. I think he's saying that doing startups is becoming a broad cultural phenomenon. I think the "talent pool" really should be the whole world.…
I propose that investing is a market and the state of that market will depend on how the participants act. So, let me throw this idea out there: Be the kind of company that can pitch a VC and if they don't have a YES/NO…
After many years dealing with VCs as an employee of startups (often very early employee) when it came time to start my own company, I knew I wanted one that would not require venture capital. Making money is not that…
I think it's really time to move beyond VCs. We need something like YC-to-launch. Open source has greatly reduced the cost of starting a business. I think if you can't get to profitability on $150k, you're building an…
"I see it says here you're an [particular platform] programmer? Ok, have you ever worked with [particular SDK]? Oh, you have, ok what are the parameters to [arbitrary method in said SDK with over 6 parameters]" This is…
If you get an interviewer who is using you as material to feel smug, I take that as a solid sign that the company is not a good one to work for. I've had a long enough career that I can draw some conclusions about my…
I think I've become jaded in my old age, but I find questions like this to be a negative indicator of the nature of the company. I once interviewed at Apple for the quicktime team and they asked me a question about how…
I remember the first time I used AltaVista, in 1995 or so. I had previously used Yahoo (which was a directory back then) and was pretty astounded at what AltaVista could do. I remember a similar feeling the first time I…