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My Y Combinator interview.

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Re: My Y Combinator interview.

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"I got an email from Paul Graham saying basically that being a single founder put me at a disadvantage, because two founders can talk each other out of bad ideas, but I appeared too stubborn."

Fortune 500's biggest company is a single-founder company. Most Fortune 500 companies were founded by a single person. Don't let detractors tell you single-founder companies don't work.

Re: My Y Combinator interview.

#32
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A very well-thought out site and a good implementation (I've just tried it). I'm going to use it. I'm a single founder and whilst I've never reached a point with stratospheric income, the businesses that I have built in the 15 years I've been an entrepreneur have been great. I've enjoyed life. For me, being a single founder has always meant quick decisions and I employ people to compliment me. I'm not a 'finisher' -…

Thank you, there are definitely advantages and disadvantages to being a single founder (avoiding founder drama is an advantage, for sure). I'm glad you've managed to work things out for you, after all is said and done, I don't think there's anything people like us would enjoy more than running a startup, even if it's not wildly successful.

Re: My Y Combinator interview.

#34
I would like to post here to thank you all for your amazing support, you are a fantastic group of people. I hope everyone who didn't get accepted to this batch can see this, I know it will help their morale, as it has greatly helped me.

Thanks again!

Re: My Y Combinator interview.

#35
post #27

Καλημέρα , Κατ΄αρχάς συγχαρητήρια που έφτασες μέχρι την συνεντευξη! Η γνώμη μου ειναι οτι δεν θα πρέπει να απογοητευτείς αλλά να το δεις σαν ευκαιρία για ένα νέο ξεκίνημα. http://www.iol.co.za/lifestyle/the-power-of-no-1.746628 George.

Ευχαριστώ πολύ! Θα προσπαθήσω, αλλά σίγουρα χάθηκε μια μεγάλη ευκαιρία...

Καλή συνέχεια στην προσπάθεια σου , αν χρειασθείς κάποια βοήθεια το mail μου ειναι στο profile. :)

Re: My Y Combinator interview.

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Just a 2cts idea: would be great if you could historify automatically all the URLs I tweet or retweet. Later on could do the same with Facebook, also with HN and all the links I have upvoted. So that on my Historio.us I can search the slide of the Internet that matters to me.

Yep, you can, have a look at http://packrati.us . However, I think you've just described Greplin :)

Thanks for the packrati link did not know. Yes was thinking of Greplin, but in your case: a Greplin "Library" only for content I read or found interesting, excluding what was written by me (without my comments, post I wrote etc).

Re: My Y Combinator interview.

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post #31

"I got an email from Paul Graham saying basically that being a single founder put me at a disadvantage, because two founders can talk each other out of bad ideas, but I appeared too stubborn." Fortune 500's biggest company is a single-founder company. Most Fortune 500 companies were founded by a single person. Don't let detractors tell you single-founder companies don't work.

Fascinating. Source?

Re: My Y Combinator interview.

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yep, you can, have a look at http://packrati.us . However, I think you've just described Greplin :)

Thanks for the packrati link did not know. Yes was thinking of Greplin, but in your case: a Greplin "Library" only for content I read or found interesting, excluding what was written by me (without my comments, post I wrote etc).

Oh, right. Hmm, maybe packratius has plans to expand there, they complement historious very well for now so there are no plans to do that ourselves. It's definitely something to watch out for, though.

Re: My Y Combinator interview.

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post #31

"I got an email from Paul Graham saying basically that being a single founder put me at a disadvantage, because two founders can talk each other out of bad ideas, but I appeared too stubborn." Fortune 500's biggest company is a single-founder company. Most Fortune 500 companies were founded by a single person. Don't let detractors tell you single-founder companies don't work.

Oh, I'm too stubborn to be convinced they don't work, I just wish PG weren't :P
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