Comments on: Y Combinator’s Startup School Event http://blog.stevepoland.com/y-combinators-startup-school-event/ web entrepreneur | obsessed music fan | b-lo forever! Fri, 25 Jun 2010 14:32:45 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Colin Dowling http://blog.stevepoland.com/y-combinators-startup-school-event/comment-page-1/#comment-632 Colin Dowling Tue, 27 Mar 2007 15:09:25 +0000 http://stevepoland.com/?p=182#comment-632 Some good advice in there. I really like Paul Graham's contributions regarding the "7 deadly sins" and their relationship to users. Some good advice in there. I really like Paul Graham’s contributions regarding the “7 deadly sins” and their relationship to users.

]]> By: Bob Ellsworth http://blog.stevepoland.com/y-combinators-startup-school-event/comment-page-1/#comment-633 Bob Ellsworth Tue, 27 Mar 2007 05:47:10 +0000 http://stevepoland.com/?p=182#comment-633 This is pretty arrogant and foolish in my opinion. Young, unexperienced talent is great for cheap labor, long hours and single-minded dedication, but terrible for applying learned experience to the job. If you were Oracle and hired only 22 year old sales people, no one would ever figure out how to sell the product, much less close a deal. The successful company has young, dedicated people directed by experienced management/advisors/backers. Wonder how many 20-somethings failed for every few one that succeeded. They may have failed before they even started becuase of incorrect assumptions, flawed thinking or poor management. This is pretty arrogant and foolish in my opinion. Young, unexperienced talent is great for cheap labor, long hours and single-minded dedication, but terrible for applying learned experience to the job.

If you were Oracle and hired only 22 year old sales people, no one would ever figure out how to sell the product, much less close a deal.

The successful company has young, dedicated people directed by experienced management/advisors/backers.

Wonder how many 20-somethings failed for every few one that succeeded. They may have failed before they even started becuase of incorrect assumptions, flawed thinking or poor management.

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