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Don't Read The Comments

I sent this email to the current YC batch this morning: I've talked to some of you who are really bummed about negative press coverage or online comments about your company....

Published 2016-08-23 1 min read 50 words 1 topics
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I sent this email to the current YC batch this morning: I've talked to some of you who are really bummed about negative press coverage or online comments about your company....

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I sent this email to the current YC batch this morning: I've talked to some of you who are really bummed about negative press coverage or online comments about your company. Often this takes the general form of "ugh, all these new startups suck, everything good has already been started." It sucks to have haters, but every founder who
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