> I also think VentureBeat should fully disclose any other issues they have that might be affecting their judgement about Y Combinator, but I’ll leave it at that.<p>Strong hint that there is more to this.
<i>An aside – Most stuff like this from Y Combinator doesn’t leak. The fact that this did leak is the most interesting part of all this for me. It may be because there are so many companies coming out of YC now that there isn’t the same sense of loyalty to the program. Or it may be a sign of stress because some of the startups may be finding it much more difficult to raise funding than previous classes.</i><p>This is the second time I recall seeing any kind of leak from a pg email. The first being the "warning of bad times" email in regards to Facebook's IPO.<p>Anyone know if there's any credence to Arrington's theory?
This feels like one of those eonline stories.<p>The fact that pg actually took the time to explain himself on HN (even though he didn't have to) is enough explanation i think. VB wrote the article, it was inaccurate, but everyone went on with their lives. Now mike comes back to stir the pot again.
Mike Arrington is a limited partner of SV Angel.<p>SV Angel (along with Yuri Miller) is the fund that offers the 150k convertible note to all YC startups.<p>Mike Arrington has a clear undisclosed conflict of interest here.
I had no idea there was "drama" to turn down. I saw a headline, I read some comments, I moved on. Did I forget to come back after more comments had been posted? I seriously don't get it.
I don't have much to add, but pg clearly made a mistake by not cc'ing Google Ventures on the original email. GV got sucker punched by the press because of that mistake and now the drama is playing out publicly. If pg had the foresight to cc Google Ventures, then he likely would have edited out the 'm.o.' in the original email.<p>That being said, what is more interesting is that pg will now have to be more reserved about communicating with his people. That is sad, because honest and unfiltered communication is a hallmark of startups. Has YC grown too big for unfiltered communication?