Paul Graham

4 statements across 2 episodes · 1 bullish · 1 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Dec 15, 2022 by Pete Kazanjy · said 70 times in 13 episodes since 2022 · across every show →

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Dec 15, 2022
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Selling requires a manager's schedule with constant context switching
“Salespeople have manager schedules, interestingly enough, where what you're doing is you're constantly context switching. Right. Like an ideal salesperson's calendar or a founder who's doing sales is like two, three, four, maybe five customer facing meetings a…”
Pete Kazanjy Dec 15, 2022 ▶ 29:56 Founder-led sales | Pete Kazanjy (Founding Sales, Atrium)
Jun 27, 2024 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Paul Graham often pitched growth strategies to founders during YC interviews
“And sometimes I always tease Paul because one of his defining qualities is that sometimes someone would have an idea that he'd get so excited about that by the end of the interview, he'd be giving them ideas about how to grow their product and, you know, what …”
Jessica Livingston Jun 27, 2024 ▶ 11:49 The social radar: Y Combinator’s secret weapon | Jessica Livingston (co-founder of YC, author)
Jun 27, 2024 negative
Assertion Supported
Y Combinator hated Airbnb's original idea and tried to change it
“Like we hated their idea and Paul tried to get Brian and Joe and Nate to change it.”
Jessica Livingston Jun 27, 2024 ▶ 22:15 The social radar: Y Combinator’s secret weapon | Jessica Livingston (co-founder of YC, author)
Jun 27, 2024 positive
Disclosure
Livingston persuaded YC partners to fund GOAT despite initial doubts
“I definitely had to convince, I mean, not that Paul, Robert, and Trevor didn't like them, but I think they really didn't think the idea was that great or just sort of where Matt was like, we have to fund them.”
Jessica Livingston Jun 27, 2024 ▶ 28:12 The social radar: Y Combinator’s secret weapon | Jessica Livingston (co-founder of YC, author)
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