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    Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 17 Jun 2015

    A startup in the current YC batch is making a platform. An actual physical platform. This is really going to confuse investors.

    4:46 PM - 17 Jun 2015
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      2. John Collison‏ @collision 18 Jun 2015
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        John Collison Retweeted John Collison

        @paulg not interested since I discovered the breakfast platformhttps://twitter.com/collision/status/611056903209230336 …

        John Collison added,

        John Collison @collision
        "35 percent year-over-year growth in the breakfast platform" Everyone's building a platform these days. https://news.starbucks.com/news/starbucks-food-strategy …
        3 replies 0 retweets 7 likes
      3. Christopher Jaynes‏ @topherjaynes 18 Jun 2015
        Replying to @collision

        @collision @paulg it's the most important platform of the day.

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      2. Taylor D. Edmiston  ⚡️‏ @kicksopenminds 17 Jun 2015
        Replying to @paulg

        @paulg @Pinboard I'm sure you have thoughts on this.

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      3. Adam Marx‏ @adammarx13 17 Jun 2015
        Replying to @kicksopenminds

        @kicksopenminds @paulg @Pinboard wen can we expect a new essay on this?

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      1. Chris Lamprecht‏ @mthreat 17 Jun 2015
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        @paulg All the more since the word "literally" has lost its meaning.

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      1. Jamie Wilkinson‏ @jamiew 17 Jun 2015
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        @paulg is it a platform platform?

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      1. jason @ #heweb18‏ @woodwardjd 17 Jun 2015
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        @paulg @leahculver like the shoes with the fish tanks in them?

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      1. Jon Aniano‏ @jonaniano 17 Jun 2015
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        @paulg I'm guessing it is a "VR Platform". Yes, that will confuse the hell out of people. Call it something else.

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      1. Scott Primordial Darkness Gosnell‏ @infinite_me 17 Jun 2015
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        @paulg "What's the use case?" "Oh, it's multifunctional. Stand on it. Sit on it. Stack things on top of it..." "Genius. I must have one."

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      1. Rowan Bradley‏ @rowbradley 18 Jun 2015
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        @paulg the platform platform, that enables you to build your own platform, on the worlds most secure platform.

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      1. Russ d'Sa‏ @dsa 18 Jun 2015
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        @paulg diving boards are overdue for a redesign.

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      1. SJ (Sean James) Newham‏ @SeanNewham 18 Jun 2015
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        @paulg can it support rails?

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      1. ᴀɴᴅʀᴇᴀs‏ @tuexss 18 Jun 2015
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        @paulg @martinweigert as long as they dont build a physical blockchain or a physical cloud.....

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      1. Fakepreneur‏ @FakepreneurMe 17 Jun 2015
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        @paulg this is out of syllabus for our entrepreneurs.

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      1. Bobby Green‏ @Green9Bobby 17 Jun 2015
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        @paulg haha how will they show investors the famous hockey stick graph on demo day?

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      1. David Hollabaugh‏ @DavidHollabaugh 17 Jun 2015
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        @paulg Make sure it's built with Rails so it's up to Code.

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      1. Chris H. Leeb‏ @cleebration 17 Jun 2015
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        @paulg thanks for sharing Paul Graham, have a great Thursday :) (insight by http://commun.it )

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      1. Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA‏ @brianlaungaoaeh 17 Jun 2015
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        @paulg Why would that confuse investors?

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      1. Namek Zu'bi‏ @namekz 17 Jun 2015
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        @paulg what's a platform :)

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      1. Damien Burke‏ @ExMember 17 Jun 2015
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        @paulg "A startup … is making a platform. An actual physical platform." Are they going to sell it outright, or offer it as a service?

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