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I'm not sure they recall that I'm the same guy, but I sent an email to YC 16 months ago that I'm almost embarrassed by. I asked how to take action on good ideas
by ivankirigin 19y ago
I'm not sure they recall that I'm the same guy, but I sent an email to YC 16 months ago that I'm almost embarrassed by. I asked how to take action on good ideas while staying at a job I loved at a company likely uninterested in the ideas.
If I could go back to myself 16 months ago, I'd say: "Grow a pair and do what you want, and only that -- ohh, and short the home mortgage industry"
It's all about the focus.
- wallflower 19y agoLike drunk dialing, sometimes sending embarassing emails help remind you that you've improved. When did you reach the tipping point (was it a group or individual decision) with Tipjoy? The best quote about focus that I've ever heard: A 100 watt lightbulb can light up a room but that same energy focused in a laser apparatus can cut through steel.
- ivankirigin 19y agoTalking about Tipjoy is what made my cofounder (also my wife) and I decide to go for it. She was at iRobot. I was at Nokia. Both of us had excellent jobs. The clincher that made us quit was when it became perfectly clear that those jobs, or their equivalent, are readily available should we fail. If the worst, worst case scenario is the status quo, why not go for it?