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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 bnzelener »

CaveTech wrote: post #9
_sentient wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They are solving the last mile problem in public transportation. That's a very large market.

But isn't that their current ambition? Where's the bigger picture?

Well, it makes sense that they'll keep focusing on the last mile - but I'm hoping the next product will appeal to more people. Boosted boards are amazing, but few are going to experience them because of the learning curve and style of longboarding.

Re: Paul Graham and Jessica Livingston Interview [video]

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Post by huuu »

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 companies too. Teams working on there own idea approved by management. This way big companies could be like founders.

Re: Paul Graham and Jessica Livingston Interview [video]

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Post by Dharmakirti »

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…

Ghostery blocked 14 trackers on the site and the editing was really offputting.

Re: Paul Graham and Jessica Livingston Interview [video]

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Post by techtivist »

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.
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