Tikhon Bernstam

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Sep 8, 2017 positive
Opinion
Bernstam: Solo founders can succeed despite Silicon Valley conventions against them
“I actually like solo founders. I know that's an unconventional thing in the Valley, but Drew was initially a solo founder with Dropbox. And a lot of other great companies were as well, or had one founder who really drove the project through.”
Tikhon Bernstam Sep 8, 2017 ▶ 33:10 The Challenges a Repeat Founder Faces - Tikhon Bernstam · Y Combinator
Sep 8, 2017
Disclosure
Bernstam: Founders should not raise capital before finding product-market fit
“I'm not going to raise money until I have strong product market fit and I know what I'm doing.”
Tikhon Bernstam Sep 8, 2017 ▶ 45:39 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 negative
Insight
Bernstam: Founders should never start companies with people they do not know
“I mean, I don't advise people work with people they don't know.”
Tikhon Bernstam Sep 8, 2017 ▶ 12:47 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
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