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Has there been any graphic designer co-founders accepted into YC? If so, has there been anything noticeably different about that dynamic compared to usual co-fo
by pr5k 10y ago
Has there been any graphic designer co-founders accepted into YC? If so, has there been anything noticeably different about that dynamic compared to usual co-founder teams of hackers? If not, are applicants that include graphic designer co-founders at all desirable at YC?
- w1ntermute 10y agoJoe Gebbia (cofounder of Airbnb) studied graphic design prior to founding Airbnb.
- jstnjosepht 10y agoNot sure how much overlap there is with your particular skill set, but Brian Chesky had a Product Design background before starting Airbnb. Paul Graham even recommends attending design school over b-school in his How to Start a Startup lecture. Q: Do you see any value in business school for people who want to pursue entrepreneurship? A: Basically no, it sounds undiplomatic, but business school was designed to teach people management. Management is a problem that you only have in a startup if you are sufficiently successful. So really what you need to know early on to make a start up successful is developing products. You would be better off going to design school if you would want to go to some sort of school. Although frankly the way to learn how to do it is just to do it. One of the things I got wrong early on is that I advised people who were interested in starting a startup to go work for some other company for a few years before starting their own. Honestly the best way to learn on how to start a startup is just to just try to start it.