I'm trying to figure out a way to articulate why "I still want my $20K" seems to me.
The way this whole thing was handled stinks, and I'm sorry you got screwed by a poorly thought-out "contest." But it seems like the YCF deal isn't solely about the money -- they're trying to find companies to work with. Honestly, did you... want that? Or just the $20,000 that keeps getting mentioned?
If you're willing to raise the $20K for 1.5% of Pinboard under the same terms YC offers (minus access to YC & its resources) - I'm willing to make that happen; no guarantees, but pretty sure it's possible.
I anticipated this outcome by becoming profitable eight years ago.
But I still want my $20K.
I'm trying to figure out a way to articulate why "I still want my $20K" seems to me.
The way this whole thing was handled stinks, and I'm sorry you got screwed by a poorly thought-out "contest." But it seems like the YCF deal isn't solely about the money -- they're trying to find companies to work with. Honestly, did you... want that? Or just the $20,000 that keeps getting mentioned?
YC's values are so diametrically opposed to my own that I thought it would be interesting for everyone to have me go through the program.
As for my demands to get paid, I had a clever idea about how to use the money, and I'm miffed that I won't get a chance to do it.
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Serious: With the number of votes you had, you could probably get those voters to give you $10-20k through gofundme et al ;)
If you're willing to raise the $20K for 1.5% of Pinboard under the same terms YC offers (minus access to YC & its resources) - I'm willing to make that happen; no guarantees, but pretty sure it's possible.
If you're interested, let me know.
Thanks, but $20K is about three weeks of revenue for me. It's not as funny if I sell a piece of the company for peanuts to anyone else.
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Try Kickstarter. Seriously.
I did. And now I have to write all this shit about Antarctica.
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