Give all the startup advice you want but please never advise new founders to lie about anything. It’s fraud.
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Lie vs Truth is seemingly a spectrum Probably why humans evolved a court system with legal definitions of fraud, but even then decided upon by judges and juries.
The lie here was total. The office wasn't even kind of theirs; it was ours. The way in which a spectrum is involved is the harmfulness of the lie. This was a lie that didn't hurt anyone.
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So... should founders lie on YC applications so long as they believe it won’t hurt anyone? I’m confused...
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What about those who did not use this same technique, following the rules? They chances were indeed hurt. Lies do have a spectrum. Consequent harmfulness also has a spectrum, as does the morality which is used to judge either of them. I don't see any safe way to tread here.
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Garry, how would this reconcile with founders approach to Supply or Demand side growth tactics in a 2-sided market startup where inevitability you will fake/seed one side.
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Seed yes, lie no
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Not total. If a piece of mail addressed to them or a person looking for them had shown up at the office it/they would have eventually found them. So they did, in fact, have the use of the space for at least one important office function.
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The problem with lying is that you think you know the impact of your lie, but you never actually do. You assume that the WePay address requirement was to signal legitimacy, but you can't be sure.
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