Paul Graham
2 statements across 1 episodes · 0 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Dec 23, 2021 by Alexis Ohanian · said 26 times in 7 episodes since 2021 · across every show →
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Dec 23, 2021 negative
Ohanian: Early Y Combinator was dismissed and unsophisticated about Silicon Valley
“The first few years of YC were very janky. It was seen as, I think most people were quite dismissive of it, and frankly, PG and Jessica were not that sophisticated when it came to Silicon Valley VC, because they were based in Boston.”
Dec 23, 2021 neutral
Ohanian: Y Combinator originally funded founders with $6,000 each
“He announces Y Combinator and says, hey, I think random college kids when given 6000 dollars per founder, that's how much it was, spending an entire summer just building, like writing code, talking to customers, can one day build billion dollar businesses.”