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[1] “A formidable founder is one who seems like they’ll get what they want, regardless of whatever obstacles are in the way.” Obstacles are also any legal constraints that will break and pay later in fines, like Airbnb.
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The design looks good. The quote is so kitch it could be on a self-help book. "YC turns builders into formidable founders" - and then a bs faux-definition of formidable.
Notice how they omit any mention of Loopt, and almost try to imply that he's famous for founding OpenAI, when the trajectory was really Loopt -> YC President -> other stuff -> OpenAI, and Loopt was a failure that was acquired for barely more than it raised in VC money, and spent its waning days as a seedy gay hookup app.
Sam's success was preordained, and failure, for him (and his VC backers), was never an option.
“A formidable founder is one who seems like they’ll get what they want, regardless of whatever obstacles are in the way.” Dictator is another name.
That also struck me as a pretty weird quote to highlight. Someone who "seems like they’ll get what they want" sounds more like a bully more than a persuader or value creator. Isn't there something better to aspire to?
But that’s just how the world is. Capitalism is optimized for the bullies to be on top.
That’s exactly why Trump is the most powerful man of the most powerful country.
I hope it changes someday.
This is rather dark actually. True, too. Props to Y Combinator for not trying to sugarcoat things!