Of all the advisors from YC on Youtube, I like Michael Siebel best, I find his advice very actionable and useful right away.
Y Combinator's Essential Startup Advice – Michael Seibel [video]
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Re: Y Combinator's Essential Startup Advice – Michael Seibel [video]
#2216:58[0]: "Unfortunately a lot of the large tech companies have extremely smart founders and they basically understand that new people like them are going to be disrupting them and they're proactively working to make sure that they can't be disrupted". Wow. [0] https://youtu.be/A35jCapHmug?t=1018
IMO, the optimal self-serving but long-term-benevolent tech pioneer should go the Bill Gates route -- after a significant disruption, invest in moats during a medium length career(20-30 years), and then divest from the industry and pursue philanthropy. Microsoft's moats have been opened up and now allow many other players to disrupt in their former core industries, and Bill doesn't care anymore Today's tech are the d…
> Microsoft's moats have been opened up and now allow many other players to disrupt in their former core industries
Microsoft seems to be adopting the cloud just fine. They've managed to keep office modern and relevant. Xbox as a platform is still doing well. Windows is still the default OS for desktops; less people are using desktops tho. Microsoft is facing competition sure, and maybe their monopoly on desktops isn't as valuable as it once was. But it seems to me they certainly aren't headed for the mothball fleet anytime soon.
Re: Y Combinator's Essential Startup Advice – Michael Seibel [video]
#23 We have the next salesforce, workday and Kabbage combined. We are about to start a revolution. Good talk