Lessons of Y Combinator: Things I’d do differently after 2 startups
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#2"they aren’t that much better than many of the great coders I’ve worked with. They’re just bolder."
Interesting way to put it. Sounds like an critical ingredient for success.
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#3"they aren’t that much better than many of the great coders I’ve worked with. They’re just bolder." Interesting way to put it. Sounds like an critical ingredient for success.
Yes, it's a critical ingredient for life in general.
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#4"they aren’t that much better than many of the great coders I’ve worked with. They’re just bolder." Interesting way to put it. Sounds like an critical ingredient for success.
Yes, it's a critical ingredient for life in general.
Success is usually achieved by combining ability and boldness
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#5Re: Lessons of Y Combinator: Things I’d do differently after 2 startups
#6This just convinced me to apply, less than 12 hours to go. What is it going to be. Great read especially if you still hesitate.
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#7This just convinced me to apply, less than 12 hours to go. What is it going to be. Great read especially if you still hesitate.
If you hesitate a lot, try climbing or ski mountaineering ;-)
Either one is easier than having a kid, though. Don't do that until after you've got a few businesses under your belt, if you can help it. Execution is a habit, IMHO. Hard to acquire but much easier the 2nd, 3rd, 4th times. Make it your habit and you will be better off regardless.
Oh, if I'd known back then... fuck, if I looked back on the opportunities missed (instead of the ones we capitalized upon) I'd slit my throat. But that gets back to the three important qualities for a (founder|mountaineer|parent):
1) good pain tolerance, 2) shitty memory,
...and I can't remember the other one. ;-)
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#8This just convinced me to apply, less than 12 hours to go. What is it going to be. Great read especially if you still hesitate.
If you hesitate a lot, try climbing or ski mountaineering ;-) Either one is easier than having a kid, though. Don't do that until after you've got a few businesses under your belt, if you can help it. Execution is a habit, IMHO. Hard to acquire but much easier the 2nd, 3rd, 4th times. Make it your habit and you will be better off regardless. Oh, if I'd known back then... fuck, if I looked back on the opportunities mi…
3) Balls?
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#9Re: Lessons of Y Combinator: Things I’d do differently after 2 startups
#103. We focused entirely on product/market fit.
I'm curious. In what way did you focus on product market fit? What signs did you look for to point you towards it? Seems to be a very important aspect of success (besides boldness).