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A good read, but I find it interesting that his answer to the "what would you do if just starting out" question is the bland and obvious:

"some kind of web based business"

Well, yeah, thanks Rich that's a great help!

This is why I love the openness of PG&co - compare their "ideas we'd like to fund" section - http://ycombinator.com/ideas.html

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He's not being bland and obvious, it's just bland and obvious to us. Online business is still a smart part of business in general, to someone of Richard's age who gets as many pitches as he does "web based" is not bland and obvious. That's my take anyway.

I agree, I thought it was interesting that someone who started in business a long time ago has adapted and updated to stay fresh with what is important at any given time.

As someone who started with a print magazine, it's nice to hear that he now sees the future on the web, compared to many from that era who would stubbornly stick to what they had originally started with.

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