samataro

http://web.archive.org/web/19990117003816/http://www.ticketsnow.com/

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As many of you know, tickets now was acquired Ticketmaster for $265 million in Feb of this year.

What many of you may not know that it was started with only $1000. What started as a one-man operation in a one-bedroom apartment has grown into a multimillion dollar business with approximately 300 full-time employees.

Look at how fucking ugly that first release was, back in 1999. Only persistence and dedication to a vision would have made that company successful, and that's exactly what happened.

To all fellow entrepreneurs out there, just release. Perfection may follow speed, but speed never follows perfection.

Just a dose of inspiration for y'all :).

PG,

When does an entrepreneur stop being and entrepreneur and become an employee? A passive, unassuming employee willfully blinded by the facade of calling oneself an entrepreneur.

After reading your post "Startup Ideas We'd Like to Fund" along with 200-some comments, everything just seems watered down. It seems all too "Model T". Its as if people are willing to build these products just to build products. Wheres the passion?

Myself and fellow CS buddies have been seriously evaluating the option of applying to ycombinator with something we've have been working on. But something just doesn't feel right.

I would also argue that with ~$25,000, its not the ideas your funding Paul, its really the people.

Does anyone else feel the way i do, or is it just me ...

TC.