Fred Stevens Smith
person on 2 shows · 5 statements across 1 episodes · said 1 times in 1 episodes since 2019
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Paul Graham called Rainforest QA the worst company name in YC history
“Paul Graham, who is the famous founder of YC, announced on stage one week that we had the worst name ever to go through YC.”
Stevens-Smith calls saving a corporate salary before founding a bullshit narrative
“That's such a bullshit narrative as well. Like all of my friends that told themselves that they were going to do that, they're still in those corporate jobs.”
Stevens-Smith: YC sends founders daily 6 AM countdown emails to Demo Day
“The next day they send an email with the countdown to demo day, right? So the next day you get an email saying a 101 days to demo day and every morning at six AM you get that same email.”
Stevens-Smith: Rainforest QA fully weighted CAC payback is about nine months
“So fully weighted and loaded by gross margin as well. CAC payback is about nine months for us right now.”