YC founders
4 statements across 3 episodes · 1 bullish · 1 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Feb 23, 2022 by Michael Seibel · across every show →
Everything said about YC founders, oldest first
Feb 23, 2022 positive
Seibel says YC advice stems from portfolio data, not personal operating experience
“How much we are learning from the founders that we're working with and how much we are condensing their learnings and delivering it to the next generation of YC founders versus how much we're condensing learnings personally that we got in our own companies.”
Feb 23, 2022 negative
Seibel says YC founders make predictable errors following non-founder investor advice
“And what's interesting is that over the years, a lot of YC founders will kind of start following the advice of these people. And they'll make very, very common errors, and you can almost track it back to, like, oh, I kind of understand the type of person who i…”
Sep 15, 2022
Flora: Founders consulting past entrepreneurs should only listen to facts, not opinions
“I always, I often tell YC founders to talk to other YC founders that have worked on similar things before, and maybe they've moved on, but the trick is to listen to just the facts of what they did and what happened, not what they think about it, because we're …”
Dec 29, 2022 neutral
Alströmer: Outsourcing prospecting works only if founders know exactly what to outsource
“And I've seen a lot of YC founders that when they are getting to a thousand of these, they're like, oh, this is a very simple task. I can actually outsource this. And I think that can work if you know exactly what it is you're outsourcing.”