My Y Combinator interview.
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My Y Combinator interview.
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Re: My Y Combinator interview.
#2"I was under the impression, from reading his essays, that Paul was against single founders because they might give up too easily, so a founder who sticks to his idea would be desirable."
Discussion of determination vs flexibility: http://paulgraham.com/founders.html http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1820561
Re: My Y Combinator interview.
#3"I was under the impression, from reading his essays, that Paul was against single founders because they might give up too easily, so a founder who sticks to his idea would be desirable." Discussion of determination vs flexibility: http://paulgraham.com/founders.html http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1820561
I see. However, when your users like your service so much that they volunteer their time building browser extensions and integrating it into their services, I don't think it's "too stubborn" to follow through...
EDIT: I realise that's not the point you were making, I am just commenting with my thoughts on the matter.
Re: My Y Combinator interview.
#4"I was under the impression, from reading his essays, that Paul was against single founders because they might give up too easily, so a founder who sticks to his idea would be desirable." Discussion of determination vs flexibility: http://paulgraham.com/founders.html http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1820561
I see. However, when your users like your service so much that they volunteer their time building browser extensions and integrating it into their services, I don't think it's "too stubborn" to follow through... EDIT: I realise that's not the point you were making, I am just commenting with my thoughts on the matter.
No comment on this specific scenario. I don't know you, and what do I know anyway? But it's so hard to distinguish 'determination' from 'stubbornness' that I've decided those labels are useless. No matter which you are, people will call you stubborn until you succeed.
Re: My Y Combinator interview.
#5I hope you continue your startup. YC is NOT the end of the line.
Re: My Y Combinator interview.
#6what did you tell them when they said 'i have already bookmarks in my browser'?
i started hacking on a similar idea (a chrome extension that monitors every url I visit and logs them with a web service that performs snapshots and full text searches), but then realized chrome's history already performs full text searching.
Re: My Y Combinator interview.
#7excellent writeup, great perspectives -- thanks for sharing!
> They did seem to be a bit dismissive about the product (as in “why would I use this, I already have bookmarks in my browser”), but I’m sure that’s just standard procedure in this sort of interviews.
i'm curious what others' experiences are on this front?
Re: My Y Combinator interview.
#8I really enjoyed reading this. Did you have another partner before, or try to get someone else on board?
Re: My Y Combinator interview.
#9I really like the design of your site.
Re: My Y Combinator interview.
#10I really like the design of your site.
I agree. It's a very nice design. Nicely done!