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tptacek on Jan 22, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Intercom raises a Series B round of $23M

No, it's the math, because you can't wish the execution risk away.

001sky on Jan 22, 2014 [–]

I'm not sure I follow you. The 'fact' that you can't wish execution risk away says nothing about "the Math". Many things do impact ~probabilities, and at the same time are not "wishes". For example, YC has an application process. They could get rid of it, but why? "You can't wish the execution risk away".

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