The next Microsoft was a search engine. The next Google was a social network. What will the next Facebook be?
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One reason there are so few really big startups founded by MBAs is that MBAs don't do side projects.
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You're one reason I wrote "so few" instead of "no."
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there's no one path. Broad minds are rich minds. Your comment was surprisingly narrow minded for someone with as broad a mind as you.
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It wasn't just "MBAs suck." It's an important and subtle point that the best startups grow organically out of the founders' lives.
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The really big cos weren't meant to be cos at first. They were just tinkering. That's harder for MBAs.
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I've seen the pattern over and over in YC interviews.
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ah, now I understand: you have a sample set bias problem. Agree MBAs who apply to YC are less likely to be on path toward success.
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Trying to be the "next Facebook" is IMO a recipe for failure.
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Not if you copy the m.o. loosely enough.
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How would you describe their m.o.?
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Thanks for the reply/link!
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I want to see capitalism eradicated. Thoughts on a side project?
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#GeoEconomics gives clues Microsoft - Seattle (less valley noise) Google - Shadow of Netscape Fb - From a Melting pot xyz - From Chaos#IGES -
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Likely a firm hiding right behind chaos
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Only India and China have large enough markets to support a new global tech firm - Israel would have been a good choice otherwise
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US Europe Japan tech firms routinely underestimate China and India - perfect location for a highly competitive firm to emerge from
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Given the absence of a VC industry in India, 6 of 10 - a china firm 1 of 10 - a canada firm (d-wave ?) 3 of 10 - an Indian firm
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