So in your opinion would YC be better off doing both batches in Silicon Valley? My impression is people would be better served living there and flying to Boston for Demo Day 2 than vice-versa.
> but he has a lot of good stuff to say about marketing, salesmanship, morale-building, and lots more
Yeah, I took that as smart ass sniping. If it was a sincere question, I'm glad I've now answered it.
"So in your opinion would YC be better off doing both batches in Silicon Valley? My impression is people would be better served living there and flying to Boston for Demo Day 2 than vice-versa."
Yes, and I've told pg as much (he asked everyone in YC their opinion on the issue a few months ago). But, I don't know as much about the startup business as pg, and I'm given to understand that pg likes living in Cambridge...he brings the money, he makes the rules.
"yada yada yada, Guy Kawasaki sucks, blah blah blah"
Who cares? Have you actually read his books, or watched him speak? If you're too stupid to know a good writer and an amazingly good speaker when you see one, I'm not going to waste time trying to convince you. At the very least perhaps you can learn how to speak to people in public without pissing them off.
Actually that's how this whole debate got started -- I asked: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=52613
> because nobody is doing deals in Boston
So in your opinion would YC be better off doing both batches in Silicon Valley? My impression is people would be better served living there and flying to Boston for Demo Day 2 than vice-versa.
> but he has a lot of good stuff to say about marketing, salesmanship, morale-building, and lots more
http://valleywag.com/tech/silicon-valley-tool/guy-kawasaki-2...
http://www.nowpublic.com/don_t_be_a_dude_yamaha_a_gripping_s...
http://techdumpster.com/2007/08/03/toolbox-profile-1-guy-kaw...
> Guy's a great motivator.
In a "scared straight" kind of way, sure.