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Frequently YC’s advice is applicable at the aggregate but not individual level. Like in the grand scheme the biggest number of successful startups would be prod
by sillysaurus2 13y ago
Frequently YC’s advice is applicable at the aggregate but not individual level. Like in the grand scheme the biggest number of successful startups would be produced if all of them followed this advice, but you personally would not have your YC Expected Value maximized by following it.
This is the most interesting and counter-intuitive point, I think.
- wellboy 13y agoGosh I love this thread. That's the most important point about how to take advice if you put it in a formula, it's basically the mathematical explanation. The way it has been phrased on numerous other blog post was to take advice not literally, but to see where the other person is coming from and how the advice is applicable to your startup specifically. My most favourite way to phrase it is to try to find the 10% of advice out of the 100% that the person gave you, that is valuable for your startup.