Wonder if people going to this will have the same infamous sense of arrogance and entitlement that is common to Y combinator folks?

Source:

https://x.com/mcuban/status/692595120969875456

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Den_VR 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

How could that possibly happen to a hand-picked group of YC's enterprise-AI founders?!

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nostrebored 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Having been through YC, there's certainly some of this, but the overwhelming majority of founders were pretty down to earth. People generally just want to solve hard problems.

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tmpz22 2 days ago | parent [-]

Genuine question, I haven't been, is the motivation "solving hard problems" or is it "receive external validation and get-rich-quick by solving hard problems"?

	▲	nostrebored 15 hours ago \| parent [-]
		That’s a good question! A mix of both. There are definitely people who see it as a step on their validation treadmill. Most people want to make money. But a lot of people are just techno optimists who think they can do something.

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dgellow 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

This type of group is exactly what develop that feeling of entitlement and arrogance. It would be very surprising if that’s not the case.

That being said, all the ex YC people I interacted with in person have been awesome. But there is definitely a YC entitled group

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walrus01 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Mark Cuban posting about a sense of arrogance and entitlement is certainly something. There's a reason behind the character of HBO Silicon Valley's Russ Hanneman...

[spiderman pointing at spiderman.gif]

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Grosvenor 2 days ago | parent [-]

I thought Chris Sacca was the inspiration for Russ Hanneman.

The beard, the shirts, the sexual assault allegations. The three nannies suing him - one for no good reason!

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walrus01 2 days ago | parent [-]

Sacca was not doing anything like 'radio on the internet' in the 1994-2000 dotcom 1.0 boom era...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadcast.com

	▲	Grosvenor 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		^^^ this guy fucks. You’re right. So Russ was an amalgamation of sacca, cuban, and probably a few more.

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NewJazz 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

What was he replying to?

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ViktorRay a day ago | parent [-]

He was replying to a tweet by Paul Graham where Paul Graham says the following:

“Startups: Instead of appearing on Shark Tank, spend that energy fixing whatever makes your product so unappealing you think you need to.“

https://www.inc.com/business-insider/mark-cuban-chris-sacca-...

	▲	PgThePedo a day ago \| parent [-]
		Says the founder of YC who makes nothing people want. YC funded Flock. You want that?

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alansaber 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Hot take but I don't mind startup founders being plucky and a bit arrogant/naieve. They need it.

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NewJazz 2 days ago | parent [-]

They need to be naïve?

	▲	sellmesoap 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		If you're too grounded you say no to everything like a reasonable person with experience :D

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