I think the point is more that starting up a traditional business involves much higher costs, effort and risks versus setting up some website or web-service, which pretty much any Joe Schmuck can do these days.
And I completely agree with him. I realize I might be pissing against the wind, with the "startup"-focus on hacker news and all, but lots of these so-called startups I see here, I would consider spare-time hobby projects, and even if they find a way to capitalize on them, I still wouldn't call it a full business.
If your business can be summarized as a server, located in some data-center somewhere, working out the stuff on its own, calling it a full fledged business is a bit over the top no matter how much time you spent writing the initial code.
OH MY GOD. Are you really gonna have to force me to list some of the largest cap NASDAQ companies that "can be summarized as a server, located in some data-center somewhere, working out the stuff on its own"
Really? I mean christ, I'm trying to boost my chances of getting YC funding here and you're forcing me to sound like a petulant teenager. Let's all get on the same page here.
And I completely agree with him. I realize I might be pissing against the wind, with the "startup"-focus on hacker news and all, but lots of these so-called startups I see here, I would consider spare-time hobby projects, and even if they find a way to capitalize on them, I still wouldn't call it a full business.
If your business can be summarized as a server, located in some data-center somewhere, working out the stuff on its own, calling it a full fledged business is a bit over the top no matter how much time you spent writing the initial code.