I disagree that this blog post is giving an interesting counterpoint. As I said, I'm not diminishing their success, but this blog post isn't about their story, it's about knocking other styles of companies they disagree with. For example, the VC thing:
> Therefore, VCs often push companies to grow too quickly, before they’ve nailed down product-market fit and monetization
[citation needed]
> Staying small keeps you focused on a small number of high-impact features.
[citation needed]
> This is not just a few bad actors: the behavior is wide-spread, including by many well-known and ultra-wealthy investors
[citation needed]
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I'm not going to get on some high horse here defending VCs, but these aren't original lines of argument and when unsupported I'm not sure what value they are providing. For example, YC is a VC. Do you think these 3 things apply to them?
Again, good for this company, I'm really happy they are succeeding and I'm glad they are doing it without VCs or other trends they don't like. This blog post is very shallow marketing though, I don't see how this is adding to the accumulated knowledge of creating a startup.
I don't think a citation is needed for the proposition that VCs often push companies to grow too quickly, before they've nailed down product-market fit and monetization.
You could argue that VCs want to see product-market fit before they invest, but this is certainly not true of monetization.
> Therefore, VCs often push companies to grow too quickly, before they’ve nailed down product-market fit and monetization
[citation needed]
> Staying small keeps you focused on a small number of high-impact features.
[citation needed]
> This is not just a few bad actors: the behavior is wide-spread, including by many well-known and ultra-wealthy investors
[citation needed]
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I'm not going to get on some high horse here defending VCs, but these aren't original lines of argument and when unsupported I'm not sure what value they are providing. For example, YC is a VC. Do you think these 3 things apply to them?
Again, good for this company, I'm really happy they are succeeding and I'm glad they are doing it without VCs or other trends they don't like. This blog post is very shallow marketing though, I don't see how this is adding to the accumulated knowledge of creating a startup.