| ▲ | aurareturn 3 hours ago | |
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| ▲ | aleph_minus_one 37 minutes ago | parent | next [-] | |
> > Also, "free": "If you're not paying for it, you're the product being sold" > HN is "free" too. :) Indeed: you deliver valuable information about market trends, market sentiments, technology, ... to SV startups and investors. Additionally, Hacker News is basically a marketing expense of YC. | ||
| ▲ | mentalgear 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
At least free to data mine by everyone (as far as I know). | ||
| ▲ | stephenr an hour ago | parent | prev [-] | |
that isn't the gotcha you think it is. Y combinator absolutely profits from encouraging group think and positive attitudes about things they're involved in. How else would you get a large part of the tech world to somehow believe that suckling on the teat of Venture capital until that elusive "exit" is the holy grail of business models? | ||