This – Every serious founder already audited last years startup school via the youtube and podcast. The content was amazing but I saw this as a way for us who don't live in the valley to network our way into YC. However, a YC branded forum exclusively for active founders seems valuable so lets see what happens.
> Every serious founder already audited last years startup school via the youtube and podcast.
I didn't. I'd consider myself to be serious, and I'll presume out of 15,000 other companies there exist some more people like me. I don't think you'll be disappointed by the experience.
How valuable can a forum with 15,000 companies (most of which are bad) spamming their services ever offer any real value? If you're lucky to have a good group you might find value, otherwise it's going to be pointless.
I'd encourage seeking out other, smaller founder mastermind groups - you'll get much more value there.
We're going to work hard to moderate the community to prevent that from happening. I think Hacker News itself shows that it is possible to run a large community site that's open to everyone and still keep the content interesting and non-spammy.
Yeah, I suppose it's a fair point that if anyone's going to moderate this properly it's you guys.
Don't mind my negative commentary - I know this was a difficult day for you, and I appreciate the hard decisions that need to be made.
As a founder, though, I have a very hard time finding groups of other founders who have reached a certain level of success and was very excited to be a part of that. It's very difficult finding something like that and I really hope you guys can consider my ideas here.
How valuable can a forum with 15,000 companies (most of which are bad)
How do you know they're bad? And maybe it's the case that having ONE person in your group, who is the "right" person, will actually be what makes the group valuable...
Not saying that will prove to be the case, but I think you're rushing to judgment a bit.
