MenaMena123

Yes heroku did a great job, but what about the rest, they may just end up like Loopt, it was hyped and came down to alot of money raised and sold for nothing. And trust me YC isnt in this for the baby buyouts, its looking for that facebook.

Scribd is next, alot of hype and money, but just sucks.

The buyout prices you described are baby buys, those happen everyday, trust me investors arent thr those low ball buys. Yes people make money, but its not one for the history books, if success is maki million, then I guess thats your success.

Buddy, you just described all these companies that were aquired, many are hyped and dont last sometimes thats the only option or move forward. Loopt was aquired doesnt mean it was a success. Look at the details, if a company gets aquired for 20 mil, but needs to pay the vcs and staff and themselves alot of times its a loss, not in every case. But yc hasnt had any facebooks or googles, maybe later but I dont see it yet. And I never said they wouldnt have success, many will, but I dont care if they get people from each continent, they can still be the same style and type from what I see.

Do you go out and drink much? Seems nice but in the night life the last thing people are going to be doing is using an app to find out the cost of the drinks, then adding them in. Understand its hard enough to get a drink in crowded bars, it may help with costs, but that person may look like a cheapass with his little app. _Hey everyone my app says I didnt drink those beers and its off 50 cents, can I have the costs again to every drink i bought to I can add them into my app..... If I didnt buy a certain drink I just tell the waiter, I didnt drink that and they take it off.

I would think Harvard has more value than TechStars. Now if you said YC vs Havard, then its a big difference.

This may not apply to PG or alot of others, but you would be surprised how much money people don't really have. I knew someone that I thought had cash. In reality he was broke and had all his money tied up in deals or stocks etc.

At the end of the day he lost it all and had no money. Even when you have a percent of something, doesn't mean you have money to spend, if the cash is not in your bank account you can't buy.

Design is more than a nice little picture, you can just have text on a page and you still design. Many people that don't know about design think its about images, it's usability, it's brand, it's feel, it's your damn company!! :)

Early stage things only go off of friends or people they know or met already. So forget about those services the founders already know what they want at that early stage. Maybe it would work for large established companies only.

I dont know, but I dont like the idea of things jumping up that fast and I am sure we will see more soon. Not good.

It like asking - why haven't more successful movie production emerged from San Francisco?

It's just not the place for it.

"The problem is, GMail is absolutely unacceptable for business usage, but the folks who use it don’t see it that way."

Its odd you say that above. The people who use it are the ones that matter.? If its used for it, well its works for them for business. End of Story.