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Paul Graham on Mixergy, today 2pm EST/11am PST

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Re: Paul Graham on Mixergy, today 2pm EST/11am PST

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Post by DanielBMarkham »

pg wrote: post #39
DanielBMarkham wrote: post #32

From a Y Combinator's "customer's" standpoint, (the new companies applying) with all the iterations and increased class sizes, what's to keep the magic sauce from disappearing? Can larger class sizes get the same attention from you guys as founders did during the first session?

We can measure that. Founders book office hours online. We know the founders are getting enough attention (by their standards) if not all office hour slots get taken.

Just out of curiosity, how many hours do you guys keep open each week for office hours? Or is that something you'd rather not say?

Re: Paul Graham on Mixergy, today 2pm EST/11am PST

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Post by ericd »

marciovm123 wrote: post #29

Andrew Warner: "how does a talk start a revolution?" (re: pg's talk at harvard that led to YC) pg: "hmmmmmm (laughs)" That would have been an awesome talk to have attended...

Yeah, it was a (I believe related) talk of his at MIT that really got me thinking seriously about rejecting the big cubicle farms and doing a startup... before that, it was just an unrealistic-seeming dream.

I'm still amazed by the effect he had with one speech, but it was just what I needed to hear.

Re: Paul Graham on Mixergy, today 2pm EST/11am PST

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Post by bendtheblock »

ANH wrote: post #2

Andrew Warner (founder of Mixergy) has a great interviewing style. Should be good.

Absolutely - he always seems to ask what I want him to ask next.

And a podcast a day - astonishing output and great interviewees. The advice in these interviews, along with advice on HN, constitutes my main source of not-on-the-job entrepreneurial learning, a sort of 'startup MBA'.

Re: Paul Graham on Mixergy, today 2pm EST/11am PST

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Post by abossy »

quellhorst wrote: post #31

My question: Why does Paul Graham think you must be in silicon valley when doing an Internet startup? Living expenses there are expensive, broadband is available everywhere, and many people are outside the valley and successful.

http://www.paulgraham.com/revolution.html

Re: Paul Graham on Mixergy, today 2pm EST/11am PST

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Post by Sukotto »

nkh wrote: post #46

To rewatch, or see for the first time, here is the link: http://www.justin.tv//mixergy#from=11.00%252CFebruary-9-2010...

Link doesn't work. "Sorry, we couldn't understand the date and time '11.00%2CFebruary-9-2010'."

Click the link under the video pane to get to the archives... archive for Feb 9 is 10 minutes of some guy with super-short hair looking into the camera and drinking from a cup... with wacky indian-ish background music. The picture almost completely obscures some kind of moving text... with an occasional glimpse of the phrase "Paul Graham" ... WTF?

Searching for "mixergy" in the justintv search box comes back with no results and a suggestion to watch a video about Bioshock 2

Re: Paul Graham on Mixergy, today 2pm EST/11am PST

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Post by jasonkester »

antidaily wrote: post #22

My question: Consulting treadmill - how do I get off it without a killer app idea?

I never understood why people consider consulting to be a "treadmill". For me, a consulting gig is an instantaneous injection of capital and another 6-9 months runway for the entrepreneurial stuff.

I mean, a 1-month gig will pay your rent for the year. Another one will pay for your servers, hosting, dev machine and food. The rest of the time is yours to spend as you like.

Is it possible that people are doing "consulting" work for <$50/hr and mistaking it for the real thing? That, in my mind, is not consulting but rather "being taken advantage of." Especially if you do it in an office surrounded by other employees in a similar position.

Re: Paul Graham on Mixergy, today 2pm EST/11am PST

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Post by padmanabhan01 »

pg wrote: post #24
maxklein wrote: post #10

My questions: - Is he always calm? Does he ever get angry and throw things around? - Has he ever 'cut off' a YC company from access to YC? - What is the current relationship between YC and the early successful companies like reddit and loopt. Is there any? Do they call ever now and then? - What proportion of YC applicants come from name-brand universities? - If a YC company becomes a lifestyle company, does YC still…

Only my eyebrows; we once sold our stock in one; we talk quite frequently to the Reddit and Loopt founders; I'm not sure, maybe 1/3; we only make money if there's an exit; it depends whether the new idea is the same company-- bluefrog is; some crappy old Motorola flip phone; you would have to reach deep into the Arc libraries to do that.

What's the reason behind using the motorola phone? to avoid distractions?
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