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Silicon Valley's safety net prevents the creation of truly great founders
“We've created this, like, incredible environment in Silicon Valley that it's really safe to start a company. And there's, like, a playbook, and you go through YC, and assuming you're, like, moderately competent and went to the right high school and college, yo…”
Founders should avoid building ideas from YC's Requests for Startups list
“You know, YC puts out this you know, quest for startups. My recommendation is like, that should be a list of startups you should not start. Because by the time that gets so consensus that this is a good area or super interesting, the amount of capital and the …”
Chesky: Paul Graham accepted Airbnb despite disliking the idea
“Paul Graham made an exception to let me in early YCometer. He believed in me. I was an engineer, and he almost never funded non-engineers. He thought the idea was not a good idea, actually. He said, people are actually doing this? I go, yes. He goes, what's wr…”
Ovitz: Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz Have 'Frightening' Startup Recall
“I remember sitting with Mark and Ben at a Y Combinator day and Every presentation, Mark would go, yep, 19 so-and-so saw that, been there, done that. And Ben would say, yep, that didn't work. And the frame of reference is, and the memory is frightening.”