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> What did they do? They took bets on unknown people and believed in them more than anyone had before. That much is pretty evident, following their story from
by davidw 6y ago
> What did they do? They took bets on unknown people and believed in them more than anyone had before.
That much is pretty evident, following their story from afar.
> They set strong norms and fought back hard against bad behavior towards YC founders. They trusted their own convictions, were willing to do things their way, and were willing to be disliked by the existing power structures.
I don't think this is quite as well known, from what I've read. I'm sure that's in part, by design, since Silicon Valley can be kind of... 'cozy'. I'd be curious to read more though.
- ec109685 6y agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaos_Monkeys https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaos_Monkeys Has a good antidote about taking care of founders. Someone threatened to sue the protagonist of the book because they started the company while still employed (iirc), and basically PG, after lunch in his Palo Alto house, promised to take care if it. The author alluded to the fact that the person doing the suing would never be able to get funded again if he carried out the suit (essentially canceled). It’s ironic because cancel culture is something PG loves to rant about: https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1280499919028195334?lang=en https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1280499919028195334?lang=en