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"After a weekend of soul searching, Morey dropped out. Graham presented him with a T-shirt: "Strap on some plums." Plums strapped, Morey persuaded Agarwal to d
by byrneseyeview 18y ago
"After a weekend of soul searching, Morey dropped out. Graham presented him with a T-shirt: "Strap on some plums."
Plums strapped, Morey persuaded Agarwal to drop out of Berkeley too."
Does anybody ever actually explain that shirt? One version I read said it referred to the courage to talk to investors, not cofounders (http://mattmaroon.com/?p=263 http://mattmaroon.com/?p=263). And YC seems to think it's an important bit of intellectual property (http://ycombinator.com/legal.html http://ycombinator.com/legal.html).
- falsestprophet 18y agoI think they could do better. "Strap on some plumbs" sounds vaguely sexual.
- byrneseyeview 18y agoGird yourself with cucumbers, big boy!
- icky 18y ago"I'm mighty tighty-whitey, and I'm smuggling plums!"
- kaens 18y agoI would think that it would have a meaning analogous to "grow a set of balls, because you're about to need them".