Y Combinator

also referred to as: yc

3 statements across 3 episodes · 1 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Nov 30, 2023 by David Senra · said 45 times in 9 episodes since 2023 · across every show →

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Nov 30, 2023
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Senra: Only one of 1,900+ YC startups was killed by competitors
“YC has founded 1900 plus companies at the time. This is several years ago. One was killed by competitors.”
David Senra Nov 30, 2023 ▶ 54:15 Paul Graham's Essays
Apr 7, 2024 positive
Insight
Paul Graham: Ambitious people thrive when surrounded by equally ambitious peers
“Ambitious people are rare, so if everyone is mixed together randomly, as they tend to be early in people's lives, then the ambitious ones won't have many ambitious peers. When you take people like this and put them together with other ambitious people, they bl…”
David Senra Apr 7, 2024 ▶ 36:56 The Making of Winston Churchill Part 2
Apr 17, 2024
Assertion Contradicted
Paul Graham cites co-founder conflict as the top cause of startup breakups
“I think Paul Graham said the number one breakup of, in Y Combinator is not like external factors. It's actually co-founder conflict.”
David Senra Apr 17, 2024 ▶ 44:59 Les Schwab (Charlie Munger recommended this book)
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