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| “Thank you Paul and Jessica for taking a chance on us” (comment) | ||
| recommended by 2 users | 2018 | dhouston on: Congrats Dropbox | hacker news | original thread | | ||
| dhouston on Mar 23, 2018 | on: Congrats Dropbox | view on HN | ||
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atmosphericnose Sep 20, 2018 | on: Ask HN: Did any Show HN posts turn into successful startups? | context
Some interesting context for this comment: "Congrats Dropbox" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16660140 BrandonM: It's funny how often that comment—which I made as a 22-year-old undergrad—resurfaces. Someone even reached out to me 2 weeks ago because they wanted to use it in an article as an example of "the disconnect between the way users and engineers see software"! I like to think that I've gained a lot of perspective over the last 11 years; it's pretty clear to me that point #1 was short-sighted and exhibited a lot of tunnel vision. Looking back, though, I still think that thread was a reasonable exchange. My 2nd and 3rd points were fair, and I conceded much of point 1 to you after your reply (which was very high quality). Obviously, we have the benefit of hindsight now in seeing how well you were able to execute. Kudos on that! Congrats on your success! I wish you nothing but the best going forward! Zed Shaw's take on the matter. https://zedshaw.com/2018/03/25/the-billionaires-vs-brandonm/ |
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ignoramous Sep 16, 2020 | on: When you browse Instagram and find Tony Abbott's passport… | context
You'd love this follow-up Drew Houston and BrandonM thread shortly after Dropbox's IPO: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16660140 |
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Thank you Paul and Jessica for taking a chance on us — we wouldn’t be here without you and YC :)
And thank you HN — I’m pretty sure the upvotes on the original screencast helped us get into YC and on Paul & Jessica’s radar to begin with!
Even you BrandonM — https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224 — my favorite HN comment thread of all time :)