Jessica is Jessica Livingston. From Paul Graham's tribute [0], Livingston was a shrewd judge of people, which was an essential complement to the rest of the te

Jessica is Jessica Livingston. From Paul Graham's tribute [0], Livingston was a shrewd judge of people, which was an essential complement to the rest of the team's skillset. She is not a self-promoter. Her YC bio mentions her book [1], Founders at Work. The story from Sam Altman and Paul Graham is that diverse talent and decency was necessary for YC's success, and I would say the sentiment on thread here is that that is neither necessary nor sufficient for replication of YC's success. My view is that decency is under valued in business. Perhaps if it were easier to measure ... [0] https://www.ycombinator.com/library?query=Jessica%20Livingston https://www.ycombinator.com/library?query=Jessica%20Livingst... [1] https://www.amazon.com/Founders-Work-Stories-Startups-Early-dp-148422034X/dp/148422034X/ https://www.amazon.com/Founders-Work-Stories-Startups-Early-...