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A friend and I are working on developing a website but we aren't finished yet. We want something to put on the domain until it is ready. We are thinking of having a blurb of what w…

Yet most demos include too many slides and too much focus on the future and not enough on the present etc... Sometimes seemingly common sense advice is necessary.

"Not everyone has Sam's deal-making ability. I myself don't. But if you don't, you can let the numbers speak for you." PG you have hundreds of people applying to make a deal with y…

During your startup lifestyle, how many hours of productive work do you get accomplished per day?

What falls in the deemed YC monoculture and what lies outside of it?

The solution is to apply the YC principles that fit for you and still live your life and to not get overly caught up in the message and let it block out outside reasoning.

Google may have lost some of its feel and culture as it has grown but for such a large company it is a really cool place to work. You mention since they can't find smart people to …

I am in the midst of learning to program in PHP. I am working hard and loving it. I realize the value of the skill. I met with one of the founders of a YC company and got inspired.…

We will work that much harder to prove doubters wrong. The rush is to learn. If we fail now, oh well. We are that much closer and had a reason and motivation to learn. A startup do…

1) Despite high school not being easily deferrable he can get a GED instead and go to community college 2) We are not most startups. We may still fail and we accept that. We believ…

Thanks for the encouragement. I am taking the leap. I am working on learning to code but am having some difficulty but I will persevere. If my co-founder dropped out he would get h…

Thanks in advance for any advice you give. I don't know how to program but I love startups and am dedicated to becoming an entrepreneur. I have read all of PGs essays (some many ti…