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Y Combinator CEO Shares How They Pick Winners, Advice For Founders + Lessons From Paul Graham | Garry Tan Interview

2024/10/28
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Garry Tan: 本期节目讨论了 Y Combinator 如何在硅谷脱颖而出，以及 Garry Tan 对创始人的建议和从 Paul Graham 等人那里学到的经验教训。他分享了 YC 的成功秘诀，包括其独特的投资模式、对人才的重视以及简单高效的流程。他还谈到了他对人工智能的看法，以及人工智能如何改变创业格局。他认为，大型语言模型的出现降低了创业的门槛，使创业者能够更容易地构建产品，未来的创业将更注重与虚拟开发人员的沟通和指令，而非代码编写本身。他还分享了自己 14 岁时通过主动联系企业并提供网页设计服务赚取第一桶金的经历，以及他如何拒绝 Peter Thiel 的邀请，没有加入 Palantir 的故事，以及他从这些经历中获得的宝贵经验教训。他认为，创业者应该专注于创造产品，而不是仅仅为了赚钱而工作，应该建立自己的价值观，不要被外界评价所左右，应该抓住大型语言模型发展的机会，建立品牌和护城河，以应对未来的竞争。 Sam Parr 和 Shaan Puri: 作为访谈的主持人，他们引导了对话，并就 Garry Tan 分享的内容提出了问题和评论。他们对 Garry Tan 的经验和观点表示赞赏，并就一些具体问题进行了深入探讨，例如 YC 的投资策略、人工智能对创业的影响以及如何平衡工作中的乐趣和严肃性等。

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Garry Tan discusses how Y Combinator's unique approach to investing and supporting startups sets it apart from other Silicon Valley investors.
  • Y Combinator's model is based on 'making something people want'
  • The program provides capital and a network to founders who often wouldn't have access elsewhere
  • Y Combinator's process is simple and efficient, focusing on high standards and clear communication

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Episode 642: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Garry Tan ( https://x.com/garrytan) ), CEO of Y Combinator, about the sauce that makes YC outperform the rest of Silicon Valley plus lessons from Paul Graham, Peter Thiel and Garry’s first million. 

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Show Notes: 

(0:00) Winning the game

(3:16) Being the Harvard of startups

(7:31) How YC outperforms most Silicon Valley investors

(9:36) Spotting extreme winners

(14:14) Capital-as-a-service

(16:34) How Garry hustled at 14 to get his into financial security

(23:04) Turning down Peter Thiel's offer to start Palantir

(32:20) Garry's first million

(44:57) Early days at YC

(51:31) The edge of startups with a 2-pizza team

(54:36) Advice for founders in AI

(1:05:57) The spoon-bending story

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Links:

• YC - https://www.ycombinator.com/

• Founding Sales - https://www.foundingsales.com/

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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:

Need to hire? You should use the same service Shaan uses to hire developers, designers, & Virtual Assistants → it’s called Shepherd (tell ‘em Shaan sent you): https://bit.ly/SupportShepherd)

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Check Out Sam's Stuff:

• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/)

• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/)

• Copy That - https://copythat.com)

• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth)

• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/)

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