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I know I'm not the only poker player on here that loved that Matt Maroon was the first person PG thought of when singling out characteristics of founders. And e
by alabut 17y ago
I know I'm not the only poker player on here that loved that Matt Maroon was the first person PG thought of when singling out characteristics of founders. And even better - now it makes our biweekly YC poker game actually feel productive.
I'm only half-joking. I definitely don't think it's a coincidence that I started playing the game over the same period of years that I grew the itch to join and launch startups. It can be just a fun way to blow off steam but as someone born to very non-entrepreneurial parents, it also taught me a whole bunch of lessons that I never got from school or other jobs:
* how to read people and situations
* combine gut instincts with rational analysis
* understand other people's motivations
* do it all quickly, with money on the line and while keeping the fun party atmosphere going by not being a hypercompetitive dick.
- fleaflicker 17y agoi thought he mentioned matt as somebody easily capable of duping him in the interview
- alanthonyc 17y agoIs it all hold-em all the time, round robin, dealer's choice, or what?
- alabut 17y agoNo limit holdem, the only game worth playing :)
- icey 17y agoI totally agree. Poker players have to be able to do math in their heads while under stress. Or consider psychology with a bunch of money on the line. Grace under pressure seems like a pretty decent quality for a founder to have.