In reply to Chuck.

I like startups that are businesses that solve problems and make products people need or love. I hate the companies that chase valuation and prestige, and in a way both the Uber for dogs and OLPC crowd fall into the latter.

To some extent, something like OLPC needs a visible champion who can marshall the resources and energy necessary to get people behind an unpopular cause - but Negroponte wasn’t that guy. I don’t know who would be, but I’d love to see someone who could do that well.