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A funny thing happens when you go to another country or invest in a company from another country. Suddenly everyone in that community realizes that YC is for them, too.
A lot of times when you're an investor, it's very easy to lean back and say, 'Well, people should come to me in Silicon Valley.' YC has the opposite opinion.
Academically, I think things kicked off pretty late for me. I was kind of one of those kids who was in half honors, half regular. I was like a history/science kid, which was always weird. Around tenth grade or eleventh grade, everything started coming together.
After reading the Elon Musk book and getting a Tesla - he is at the top of my list of inspiring founders.
At its core, what's amazing about YC is you don't have to work to get in. You don't have to know anyone, so there isn't some type of old boys' club.
Convince the investor that you guys are moving fast and that this isn't some long slog... you're thinking about it like a startup where you can move fast and make mistakes.
Everyone appreciates good food.
Finding entrepreneurs from diverse and international backgrounds is a top priority for us at Y Combinator.
For me, iPad 2 and tablets in general are really exciting from a front-facing camera perspective, making those short video clips where you're talking about where you are or what you're interested in, and your face fills up the entire screen.
Founders always say, 'I'm going to 'make my thing go viral' - that doesn't mean just adding a share button.
Good founders can give me a picture of the future that I can believe. And the second that I believe your version of the future, you have leverage.
I believe tech should be a core skill of a tech company.
I don't understand how you can have product-market fit and not a lot of people wanting your product. The two go hand-in-hand.
I either like reading fun war-based sci-fi, books about the lives of chefs, or dry historical non-fiction.
I had a basic plan for my life. The plan was - 20s: make money; 30s: have family; and 40s: run for something and do politics. When I retired, I wanted to be a teacher.
I tell founders all the time, 99.9 percent chance of failure.
I think co-working spaces, incubators, and accelerators outside of the Bay Area do a lot to foster a local startup scene - which is really important for early founders, but I also think that exposure to the Bay Area is extremely valuable for startups.
I think tech is driving most of the innovation and will continue to for a very, very long time.
I think there are two challenges - and one challenge is how to diversify the workforce in the technology industry, and the other challenge is how to diversify the people who are starting companies.
I usually fall asleep between 11 P.M. - 1 A.M., and I wake up between 6:30 A.M. - 8:00 A.M.
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