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Scribd

5 statements across 3 episodes · 2 bullish · 0 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Sep 8, 2017 by Tikhon Bernstam · said 21 times in 3 episodes since 2017 · across every show →

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brought up most by Craig Cannon (10), Tikhon Bernstam (8), Bryant Chou (2), Jared Friedman (1)

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Sep 8, 2017 positive
What-if
Bernstam: Scribd and most early batch startups would have failed without YC
“Honestly, we would never have made it without that program. And I think that's true of actually most Of those companies and I, I'd argue probably most of the companies because without that community of, like, like-minded people who are highly motivated and wor…”
Tikhon Bernstam Sep 8, 2017 ▶ 3:58 The Challenges a Repeat Founder Faces - Tikhon Bernstam · Y Combinator
Sep 8, 2017
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Bernstam: Scribd took at least 18 months to gain real traction
“Me, Tripp, and Jared probably worked on, like, Scribd for at least well, yeah, we worked on Scribd for at least, like, a year and a half before we got, like, real traction on it. So this is back in summer, 2006.”
Tikhon Bernstam Sep 8, 2017 ▶ 1:30 The Challenges a Repeat Founder Faces - Tikhon Bernstam · Y Combinator
Sep 8, 2017
Disclosure
Bernstam: Scribd founders survived on initial stipend for another year post-YC
“It was another year after YC, so we scratched by on that, and not, I mean, being a, you know, being a wealthy grad student, no so having zero savings, like, for really any of us, because Tripp had just left Harvard, Jared dropped out of Harvard to do this so w…”
Tikhon Bernstam Sep 8, 2017 ▶ 7:53 The Challenges a Repeat Founder Faces - Tikhon Bernstam · Y Combinator
Jun 22, 2018 positive
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Friedman: Scribd hired half its early engineering team via Hacker News
“I think probably half the engineering team that we hired came through Hacker News, and that's not atypical for YC companies.”
Jared Friedman Jun 22, 2018 ▶ 3:02 Announcing Work at a Startup · Y Combinator
Jun 19, 2026 neutral
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Friedman: Scribd Was Originally Hosted on Dorm Room Servers Before AWS
“This is before AWS. This is on a physical server. Originally physically in my dorm room closet, which is how I learned that servers are loud.”
Jared Friedman Jun 19, 2026 ▶ 4:01 The Age Of The 40-Year-Old Solo Founder Is Here · Y Combinator
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