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It's bothering me that Geoff introduced Paul as "the founder" and Paul just kind of went with it. It was a small moment but these sorts of details matter because they can contribute to unintended historical revisionism. A YouTube annotation overlay might be appreciated by the other founders.
FWIW pg is clear here that YC had 4 founders: http://www.paulgraham.com/jessica.html
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How much are you all willing to bid? I'll do it for $10. That's cheaper than any AI on the market.
Startup idea: "Summarize it for me" - Upload any document/video/url and pay $x for the cliffsnotes.
“The mistake you will most likely make as a startup founder is coming up with your own vision of what your product should be instead of getting feedback from actual users.”
Also explained very well by Jessica Livingston in "Why Startups Need to Focus on Sales, Not Marketing" > "So why wouldn’t all founders start by engaging with users individually? Because it’s hard and demoralizing. Sales gives you a kind of harsh feedback that “marketing” doesn’t. You try to convince someone to use what you’ve built, and they won’t. These conversations are painful, but necessary. I suspect from my exp…
There was a question about the financial risk of launching early - PG's answer was really good, but it seemed pretty clear to me: Launching early costs less time and money. So you should launch something that works, as soon as possible with the minimum number of people required to build something useful (probably 2-4 people). Beyond that, you make your "vision" meet reality, where you can do magical things like learn from users/customers, which is basically priceless.
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How much are you all willing to bid? I'll do it for $10. That's cheaper than any AI on the market.
Startup idea: "Summarize it for me" - Upload any document/video/url and pay $x for the cliffsnotes.
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FWIW pg is clear here that YC had 4 founders: http://www.paulgraham.com/jessica.html
still doesn't change what happened in the youtube video - just to be clear
As an uncomfortable public speaker myself, when I've been in that situation of being introduced at the beginning of a Q&A session, my mind is mostly occupied with mildly anxious thoughts about how I'm going to get through the talk without freezing up or saying something stupid. I'm not paying close attention to what the host is saying.
It's worth considering that one of the reasons PG stepped away from being president of YC seemed to be that he got sick of having the minutiae of his words and actions scrutinised and presumed to be motivated by malice. There's a reason his preferred method of public communication is long-form essays.
As the parent to your comment pointed out, he's been at pains to credit his co-founders in the past, and shows no signs of having an ego-driven need to be known as the sole founder of YC.
Maybe give the guy a break?
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Sure I'll pay $10. So like Paypal or what?
Cryptocurrency, obvs.