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  1. 0 BS 100 SUBSTANCE Just how I like it. YCombinator <3
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  2. 10/10 most underrated Video for product development
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  3. Really good advice. "Luck" = [# of opportunities] x [chance opportunity pays off]. Working to optimize quantity (interactions, attempts, connections) AND quality (the "who," "what," "where," "when," and "how") increases your chance of success. Finding how to optimize these against constraints (time, energy, real obligations, etc.) is key.
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  4. FAQs to answer common questions - What do you make & sell? - Who are your customers now? Who will they be in three years? - How do you distinguish yourself from competition? - Why do customers keep coming back? - What keeps you up at night about your business? - Nuts & Bolts - How many employees do you have? Full-Time? URL? - What are you hoping to do over the next year that you haven't done yet? Why? - What was your eureka moment that lead you to start this company? - Are you solving problems for your industry, for society, the world? Which problems? How come nobody solved those problems before? Or if they did, why didn't it work out?
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  5. 28:57 Q: do you have a particular process for idea generation? A: "You just go super deep ... you just have to understand the market and the ecosystem and the customers upside-down, backwards better than they do themselves. Start with something that is interesting to you personally and then go dig deep."
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  6. I feel this could be the start to a dedicated series of short videos - each on dealing with one particular startup misconception/fallacy. Would be cool!
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  7. Chapters (Powered by ChapterMe) - 00:00 - Coming Up 00:51 - What Jensen Huang said about coding 01:38 - Now that computers can code, what does this mean for CS? 03:16 - How good are AI programmers right now? 05:05 - Benchmark Datasets 08:34 - Will AI replace programmers: SWE-bench 11:44 - Good ideas come from the building process 14:50 - The evolution of programming languages 17:52 - The benefits of learning to code, even if computers can do it 18:57 - Will we see more unicorns with 10 people (or fewer)? 22:36 - Patrick Collison: Leadership Transition 23:58 - A startup should be like a sports team, not a family 25:33 - Scaling Challenges 27:23 - Applying engineering problem solving to non-engineering issues 28:55 - What will happen if AI takes on more programming roles? 33:38 - Making better for a real customer 36:58 - The verdict - learn to code! 37:51 - Crafts People 38:07 - Outro
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  8. Aaronson is well spoken. He approaches each topic with a steady pace.
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  9. Chapters (Powered by ChapterMe) - 00:00 - The Lightcone Podcast 01:25 - Intro 04:17 - Advantages young founder in college have 05:15 - Working for Microsoft cost me $200 million 07:19 - Did any experience in Microsoft help you with your startup? 07:54 - Working at Intel 08:44 - Energy level working at a company vs startup 11:04 - Founders who have not worked set high bar for success and avoid bad habits 12:44 - Your startups going from 0 to 1 13:28 - Technology impact on society 14:34 - Things to look out for: Long game 15:26 - Setting your goals crazy high 16:16 - Example: Alex from Scale 16:41 - Work life balance is complete bullshit 17:57 - YC Stats: Triple the number of more college students. What's changed? 18:53 - Idea maze 19:49 - Wrap up
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  10. I love all the people at Y combinator!! Sam Altman, Paul Graham, Justin Kan etc.. Im just a high school student now, but will definitely apply to Y combinator later on.
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  11. LinkedIn has two GA groups: " Geometric Algebra" , and "Pre-University Geometric Algebra". We will welcome your participation.
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  12. "There are a few things in the startup world that are kind of like one-shot kill and this is one of them. You screw up with enough people's money, that relieves you, like you get that permanent Wikipedia page. That's not what you want. All right, well, that was a good wrap-up! Great chatting, Dalton!" LOL
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  13. Carolynn is amazing. Makes complicated stuff seems easy.
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  14. Michael Seibel is without doubt the best CEO for YC you could wish for -- Michael, just wanted to say THANKS. You helped me create so much value, and a 100k MRP (monthly recurring profit ;D) startup so far! Keep going~
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  15. Nice that you didn't act like a smartass but you let the maestro speak!
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  16. that was awesome, more of these??
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  17. the quality and the effort these people are putting is so much valuable even though they may have tons of other thinks to do. I like how they want and support new startups community. Thank you all these videos are great and have so much value.
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  18. Very inspirational! Stripe is on a creative roll. Good interview questions, Adora!
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  19. This is so refreshing I feel like I am failing because I'm not communicating my value properly... So I can just work on that. I'm glad I'm not the only one who has faced this problem!
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  20. Garry looks like he would be a really good friend. Great stuff though. Learned lots
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  21. This channel is 1 thing guys. Underrated
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  22. I got a degree in business and entrepreneurship and learned more in this talk. Listen to this 5x and start creating 💪🏾
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  23. Chapters (Powered by ChapterMe) - 00:00 - Intro 01:50 - Equity Overview 02:03 - Co-founder equity 03:11 - Vesting and Cliffs 04:44 - Co-founders must be essential to the founding team 05:45 - What is equity about 06:39 - Co-founders conversations if things don't work out 07:05 - Co-founder leaves before their 1-year cliff 07:28 - After 1 year cliff but pre-PMF 09:42 - Bad reason for massively unequal equity split 10:30 - I came up with the idea 10:59 - I started working 6 months before my co-founder 11:26 - My co-founder needs a salary, and I don't 12:10 - I'm older and more experienced than my co-founder 12:41 - I hired my co-founder after pre-seed / seed round 13:11 - I hired my co-founder post launch 13:19 - Sum-up: Short-term thinking 14:06 - Common bad advice 14:20 - Performance based equity 15:12 - Part time founders 15:40 - Dynamic equity agreements 17:14 - Wrap-up
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  24. "I don't know exactly what happens when they(startups) die, because they generally don't die loudly and heroically. Mostly they crawl off somewhere and die." - Paul Graham
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  25. One of the greatest minds of our time, truly enjoyable to hear him speak. Thank you for the interview!
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  26. Chapters (Powered by ChapterMe) - 00:00 - Coming Up 00:36 - Intro: Journey into tech and making smartphones 01:13 - Growing up inspired by Apple products 02:47 - Getting in touch with OnePlus 03:53 - OnePlus original vision 04:29 - Android based: Cyanogen 05:27 - Starting Nothing 07:07 - What was the first thing you wanted to do? 08:45 - Foxconn: Game theory 10:07 - Making earbuds first 12:38 - What caused you to roll up the sleeves? 13:12 - Cultivating a cult brand 14:22 - Advice for hardware startups 15:21 - Glyph interface 17:09 - Rapid Fire Design Questions 19:38 - Last words for hardware founders 20:45 - Outro
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  27. 14:00 and 34:00 are the parts where i felt moved. I feel like she's my big sister comforting me during a tough day. Lovely, cheerful lady. I hope more and more scientists gets funding and approvals to do such path breaking work for improving people's lives... 🤗
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  28. Now I am more determined to work smarter and harder. Well done guys .. you are incredible and inspirational ❤️
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  29. Chapters (Powered by ChapterMe) - 00:00 - Coming Up 00:42 - Side projects 03:27 - Where you live 04:33 - Overplugged 06:30 - Website: Y Combinator and Hacker News 07:25 - Founders: Make something for yourself 10:06 - MVP: Most people skip over V 11:35 - Cargo culting 13:12 - Set expectations 15:35 - Who are you selling to? 18:25 - GPD breakdown: Payroll vs software 21:45 - Convention thinker 24:39 - Outro
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  30. Chapters (Powered by ChapterMe) - 00:00 - AI Startup School in SF 00:38 - Coming Up 01:30 - Intro: Investment tips for smart tech founders 03:01 - Shipping the first version 04:08 - Examples: Salient 05:41 - Diode Computer 08:01 - Spur 08:51 - Data Curve 10:45 - Pivoting 12:23 - Doing internships 12:51 - Picky at where you work 13:12 - David AI 14:18 - Can of soup 16:03 - Happenstance 17:44 - PG's how to get startup ideas 18:18 - EzDubs 19:26 - Egress Health 22:08 - Going undercover 22:46 - HappyRobot 23:32 - Undercover job 26:10 - Abel Police 28:34 - Sweetspot 29:53 - Lilac Labs 31:05 - Automat 33:28 - ParadeDB 35:00 - Reducto 36:13 - Juicebox 37:21 - Fundraising and listening to investors 38:50 - GigaML 41:36 - Seed extensions and Product Market Fit 42:56 - Outro
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  31. Great, thoughtful discussion. I particularly liked: 1.) supply and demand theory, 2.) importance of timing, and 3.) historical conditions that contribute to success. Subscribing now and looking forward to more great discussions. Happy Thanksgiving!
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  32. As a solo founder, I appreciate this message. Zenefits and Dropbox are great examples of what solo founders can do.
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  33. I am so grateful for getting access to these high quality content! Thank you all!
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  34. I think YC is trying very hard to encourage first time founders by giving them all sorts reasons why it's also great to be a first time founder. Good stuff YC!!!
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  35. I’d like Michael to record story audio books. His voice is calming. I’m happy to be the only user and will guarantee 100% retention.
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  36. One of the best scientific interview I have ever seen. The interviewer was great and ask so much deep questions. Great job Sir.
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  37. Just gotta say the production quality on these videos is fantastic... Love your lighting and set. Just chef's kiss
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  38. Wow! That was unexpected! One of my fav YTrs! Sent from my Bixby button.
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  39. As a regular viewer, this is one of the best YC videos I’ve watched - accessible, actionable, and high impact. Bravo to the team (production included) and thank you, David! 🙏
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  40. I wish this conversation went forever, I'd keep listening.
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  41. Please feature more psychedelic research stories like this one! Very interesting stuff, and a very well produced interview!
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  42. This video is pure gold. 100% correct based on my own experience as a founder. Bookmark this video folks, and watch it at least once a month!
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  43. Love the content per usual. Highly motivational. The “Way Back Machine” is one of my favorite motivation hacks for seeing how my favorite products/companies started.
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  44. I wish I could like this video more than once.
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  45. Chapters (Powered by ChapterMe) - 00:00 - Coming Up: AI Model Releases 00:41 - Intro 01:22 - AI Challenges for Startups 02:18 - Boosting Capabilities 03:11 - Breakthrough Functionalities 05:00 - GPT-4 vs. Gemini 1.5 08:32 - RAG future in consumer apps 10:38 - Personalized AI 15:19 - Diverse AI Options 17:40 - Historical Tech Shifts 19:15 - Specialized Services: Vertical search 22:14 - GPT-4o and Desktop App 23:40 - General-Purpose AI 25:15 - Valuable Products 30:59 - Better Business Models 33:20 - Focus on Superior Products 33:58 - Consumer AI Opportunities 37:26 - Emotional Depth and Translation 39:07 - Practical Robotics Advancements 40:47 - Outro
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  46. This is Gold, thank you. Please keep them coming, this series has been so helpful.
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  47. Given the chance, Rana Adhikari can explain all the concepts of known physics by using just that cup. He is just brilliant.
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  48. Watched this video twice...will return to it again, cause it has so much good info, that I'm certain that I didn't get everything :) Well done guys!
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  49. Chapters (Powered by ChapterMe) - 00:00 - Intro: Sales process tips for founders 03:29 - Prospecting for potential customers 03:48 - Sales hypothesis and prospecting tips 05:15 - Outreach: List of leads for sales outreach 05:30 - Cold outreach vs inbound demand 06:30 - LinkedIn leads, cold emails, effective approach 06:59 - Cold emails waste time, encourage bad customers 08:21 - Founders waste time trying to sell products to startups 08:47 - Example: Building productivity software without coordinating with teams 10:09 - Qualify & Follow-up: Sales funnel mistakes ask questions, avoid adversarial approach 12:01 - Prospect doesn't care about problem, but offers solution 12:37 - Product Demo: Don't show off product, solve audiences' problem 13:42 - Demos have flow, magic moments 14:35 - Demo-friendly, cost-effective pricing tips 15:00 - Pricing: Advice for startups wait, ask questions, experiment 15:53 - Experiments, pricing flexibility, and surprise 16:44 - High prices lead to sales success 17:25 - Price negotiation tips for first-time salespeople 18:13 - Closing is not a single conversation 18:58 - Avoid surprises in procurement process 20:02 - Implement 21:40 - Roadmap for sales funnel success 22:01 - Outro
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  50. Chapters (Powered by ChapterMe) - 00:00 - Coming Up 00:13 - Intro: Founders should not think like VCs 00:24 - What is thinking like a VC? 01:04 - Investing in small companies with expert networks 03:05 - How would a YC Partner think when reading applications? Early-stage Investor Priorities 04:56 - Why do founders do this? 06:41 - Thinking from first principles 08:41 - Fear based: Choosing a bad idea 10:06 - VCs give positive feedback to startups, but founders struggle 11:18 - First Customers struggle: Founders thinking like VCs encountering the real world 12:43 - Launch quickly: Avoiding zero-to-one mentality 12:56 - Scaling: Not a lot of founders engaging in zero-to-one 14:19 - Macro Vs. Micro 15:54 - What's the cure for founders? Turn off skills that don't serve startup 17:22 - Spending time with users is a cure 20:36 - Superpowers: Restrict thinking like a VC 21:42 - No Exit Strategy: Humans are trained to have the entire plan worked out 22:26 - You don't need a fool-proof plan today 23:48 - Outro
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