a great VC firm just told me over half of their investments are now in YC cos, and they expect the percentage to rise :)
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@samfbiddle i specifically hate the "i told you it was going to fail, haha they suck" part. i'm all for people rooting for success!
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fb now worth 4x what it was in aug 2012, when many analysts were saying "i told you it was going down!" do they ever get fired?
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offering an API early in the life of a service is almost alway a good decision, even though it feels scary
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your product likely will have a killer feature, but you won't know what it is at the time you build it
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finally a sleep tracker i'm excited about: theverge.com/2014/7/23/59276…
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buying a ticket on the way to the redeye without a change of clothes always ends really well or really badly
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childhood: the days are short and the years are long. adulthood: the days are long and the years are short.
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in the early days of a startup, you end up spending more than 100% of your waking hours on it--it takes over your dreams/nightmares as well
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@rodrigotellom ship something not that great and improve it super super fast
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related great predictor: founders that spend all their time on their product and users, and little/no time on biz dev, corp structures, etc
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great predictor of success: founders that are a little too obsessed with the quality of their product
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Pushing that last 5% harder than your competitor is so often the difference between success and failure.
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this is the coolest thing i have seen in awhile: gizmodo.com/electricity-eati… life will find a way.
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