>"The entire secret to YC getting going was PG and Jessica—there was no other magic trick." [...] "What did they do? They took bets on unknown people and be

>"The entire secret to YC getting going was PG and Jessica—there was no other magic trick." [...] "What did they do? They took bets on unknown people and believed in them more than anyone had before. 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. They focused on the most important things, they worked hard, and they spent a huge amount of time 1:1 with people. They understood the value of community and long-term orientation. When YC was very small, it felt like a family. Perhaps most importantly, they built an ecosystem [...]. This is easy to talk about, but hard to do, because it requires not being greedy."