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Paul Graham and Jessica Livingston Interview [video]

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Re: Paul Graham and Jessica Livingston Interview [video]

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Post by spindritf »

huuu wrote: post #14

As others are saying: almost unwatchable due to the bad editing. The site also has a ton of tracking going on. Seems to me this interview is all about (Bloomberg/YC) advertising. But I got one interesting quote from PG. Funding multiple startups at once gives the startups the benefit of having colleagues. It's nice to have others around while working on your own idea. Maybe this could be the standard in bigger compan…

It doesn't help with video editing, but you can avoid the other stuff by downloading the video with youtube-dl[1]. Yes, it works on sites other than youtube. Sometimes[2].

[1] https://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/download.html

[2] https://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/supportedsites.html

Re: Paul Graham and Jessica Livingston Interview [video]

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Post by jgrahamc »

techtivist wrote: post #18

I was really touched that PG's greatest regret was something related to his family, and not YC or his larger professional career. As young founders we tend to forget (or are expected to anyways) where our real long term priorities should be, and I hope PG's own regret reminds us to think about it from time to time.

Would you mind saying what it was or pointing to the m:s where I can watch because I can't sit through 10 minutes of that video.

Re: Paul Graham and Jessica Livingston Interview [video]

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Post by techtivist »

jgrahamc wrote: post #22
techtivist wrote: post #18

I was really touched that PG's greatest regret was something related to his family, and not YC or his larger professional career. As young founders we tend to forget (or are expected to anyways) where our real long term priorities should be, and I hope PG's own regret reminds us to think about it from time to time.

Would you mind saying what it was or pointing to the m:s where I can watch because I can't sit through 10 minutes of that video.

The question is asked at around 10 minutes, and PG answer around 12 after Jessica's answer.

Re: Paul Graham and Jessica Livingston Interview [video]

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Post by falava »

jgrahamc wrote: post #22
techtivist wrote: post #18

I was really touched that PG's greatest regret was something related to his family, and not YC or his larger professional career. As young founders we tend to forget (or are expected to anyways) where our real long term priorities should be, and I hope PG's own regret reminds us to think about it from time to time.

Would you mind saying what it was or pointing to the m:s where I can watch because I can't sit through 10 minutes of that video.

Question: 11:16

PG answer: 11:53

Re: Paul Graham and Jessica Livingston Interview [video]

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Post by techtivist »

reillyse wrote: post #17

Interviewer is annoying as hell, and the editing is horrible!

I think she's alright, but would have definitely liked someone like Sarah Lacy doing the interview. I know people have different opinions about her, but I really like her interviewing style, seems much more personal.

Re: Paul Graham and Jessica Livingston Interview [video]

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Post by markokrajnc »

techtivist wrote: post #18

I was really touched that PG's greatest regret was something related to his family, and not YC or his larger professional career. As young founders we tend to forget (or are expected to anyways) where our real long term priorities should be, and I hope PG's own regret reminds us to think about it from time to time.

This "from time to time" should be daily. A very big part of happiness comes from relationships. Often you don't realize this and even make jokes like this one:

Q: "Do you have time for private life in Silicon Valley?" A: "What's this?" and then LOL because you know you are doing too little for your personal life...

If you would give only 15% more of your focused time to your spouse, kids, father, mother, friends... they would value it a lot! And it would be your long-term success! Are you ready to make such a small sacrifice for your "private life start-up"?

Re: Paul Graham and Jessica Livingston Interview [video]

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Post by jtcchan »

techtivist wrote: post #18

I was really touched that PG's greatest regret was something related to his family, and not YC or his larger professional career. As young founders we tend to forget (or are expected to anyways) where our real long term priorities should be, and I hope PG's own regret reminds us to think about it from time to time.

yeah, it was even tough to watch him answer that. :(

Re: Paul Graham and Jessica Livingston Interview [video]

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Post by downandout »

bnzelener wrote: post #4

Really curious what Boosted Boards' 'bigger ambitions than making skateboards' are! A friend has one of their Kickstarter boards and it's unreal.

This caught my attention as well...he said it with the same kind of passion that Steve Jobs and Jeff Bezos had for Segway. Obviously Segway didn't live up to the anyone's expectations. Hopefully pg isn't nearly as far off the mark as those guys were.
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