As a founder, how do you know when the right time is to leave/quit/sell your company?
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#12Does YC accept startup founders aged 18 or younger ?
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#13Which are the most common mistakes you have seen first time entrepreneurs and founders make?
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#14I studied business for two years at a community college and switched my major to computer science for a semester before dropping out to learn on my own. I ultimately want to found a startup, but I want to work at a startup to gain experience first.
How does someone young without experience or a degree go about getting a job at a startup? For example, if I cold-email founders of startups I love, how can I convince someone to give me a chance versus the Stanford grads they're looking at? What about trying to work at companies like Uber or Airbnb that are far later stage?
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#15If I know I want to found a startup in x amount of time, what should I be doing in that time to prepare to be a founder? How do you turn yourself into the formidable founder that everyone in the startup world aspires to be?
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#16Lots of founders in the Valley will start things based on trends, and at that point it tends to be too late to be a first mover and be innovative. How can you be someone that lives in the future on the leading edge of technology?
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#17If I know I want to found a startup in x amount of time, what should I be doing in that time to prepare to be a founder? How do you turn yourself into the formidable founder that everyone in the startup world aspires to be?
why all this preoccupation with being a founder.. a formidable founder? founders just found good business opportunities and solved business pains that lots of people paid money for. incidentally they became good founders.
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#18Hello Mr. Gross,
I have a business idea but I haven't any money...
How to can promote or grow up my business ?
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#19Hi, my name is Bryan. I'm in the process of starting a software company called TheftFree. (view on Twitter @TheftFree) The purpose of the software is to make credit card/debit card purchases literally theft free. I want to work with a company that's already established and has the same goals as I do. Do you think it's safe to reach out to them for discussion or do you think I should build the tech first? Any advice i…
Why would it be unsafe to reach out to them?
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#20Thanks to everyone that submitted questions. We'll keep track of what wasn't answered for future episodes.
Here's the video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzjKcUtRkCU