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tl;dr; summary of video -- "The theme that most people want me to talk about and which I will oblige today is ... how not to die in the context of a startup.
by williamstein 11y ago
tl;dr; summary of video -- "The theme that most people want me to talk about and which I will oblige today is ... how not to die in the context of a startup. ... Our goals (1) make people happy, (2) build a huge humungous business, which is a proxy for making a huge impact." She goes on to talk about how they spent years looking for the Homejoy idea since they did not have any personal problem that they cared enough about. At 22:00 she talks about getting $25K each from Max L. and PG: "It's like skydiving... and a hundred feet before hitting the ground, you magically get pogo sticks and bounce up. ... Now we have over 40 million in investment and we are living the dream. ... The good news is that you only fail if you stop trying." She also ends saying that her success is due almost entirely to hard work, not luck.
- irl_zebra 11y ago>"The good news is that you only fail if you stop trying" So when did HomeJoy stop trying?