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Nagpal: Silicon Valley has partially lost its stigma against solo founders
“I think Silicon Valley has finally lost its stigma a little bit against solo founders. For a long time, YC and stuff were like, you have to have co-founders.”
Lieberman: Only four of Y Combinator's top 100 companies had solo founders
“And then Gary Tan, who's now the CEO of Y Combinator, he said of the top 100 YC funded companies, only four Were solo founders, and those founders were able to create their own MVP on their own.”
Swanson: Most Founders and CEOs Are Mediocre Delegators
“Most CEOs
And founders are actually pretty mediocre delegators.
when it comes to working with an assistant we've worked with, you know, a thousand plus at Athena and some of the best YC Sequoia back companies, and most founders never graduate beyond the kind …”
Pujji: Non-VC founders do not need proprietary or uncrowded business ideas
“The third one I would take issue with unless you're a Y Combinator venture funded. The third one you said, which is make sure that like few other people can do it. Right? Because, don't get me wrong, I think way more energy is spent on people being like, oh, i…”
Zapier reached a multi-billion valuation on only $1.3M raised
“Zapier only ever raised, I want to say, 1.3 million dollars from YC and one other venture fund. I can't remember which one. Never raised again, and it's a multi-billion dollar company.”
Kan: Startup failures and setbacks turned drinking into an escape mechanism
“Started my first startup and I continued like drinking and it became, you know, it was also like a crutch. Like it wasn't just Okay. I'm going to like go party. It was like, I feel upset about something, right? Like there's something that's not going my way in…”