純粋なソフトウェアは急速に投資しにくくなっています。

誰かが自分より成功したり、自分にはない祝福を受けたりすると、嫉妬することもあれば、その人のことを喜ぶこともできる。 彼らのために喜ぶことを学んでください。そうでなければ毎日苦しみの瞬間が訪れます。なぜなら、いつも誰かがあなたにないものを手に入れることになり、あなたは決して十分に持てないからです。 逆に、あなたが他人のために幸せであればあるほど、成功したときに相手もあなたを喜び、彼らもあなたの成功に直接貢献してくれます。 その結果、より多くの豊かさを得られ、他人とネガティブに比較しなくなったことで、十分にあると感じられるようになります。人生の中の人たちと競い合い、ゼロサムゲームをする代わりに、彼らや自分自身の繁栄、そしてより広い富に貢献しているのです。なぜなら、寛大な精神は伝染するからです。

my friend just got rejected from YC for the third time she's convinced it's because her idea wasn't good enough i looked at the other 22 people i know who applied here's what actually happened: applied: 23 people interviewed: 4 accepted: 1 the one who got in had $200k revenue, previous exit, stanford CS, and knew a partner my friend had a great idea and no traction but everyone on twitter says "YC funds ideas not just traction" technically true except the "ideas" that get funded come with revenue, pedigree, or network three of my friends quit their startups after YC rejection not because the idea was bad because rejection felt like validation they should quit five others applied again next batch same result the application took my friend 60 hours across rewrites she stressed for 2 months waiting now she's depressed and questioning everything YC rejection has this weight in SF that's insane like if YC didn't want it, maybe it's not worth building which is bullshit but the feeling is real i wish someone had told her: your odds were 0.1% from the start not because your idea sucked because you didn't have the traction/pedigree/connections yet build more, apply later, or don't apply at all YC isn't the only path but SF makes it feel like the only path that matters