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How to Start a Startup Lecture 2: Full Transcript

66 points by cjbarber 12y ago

binarymax 12y ago
I've never seen this before, but on the site it is wrapping lines mid-word. Here is how the first paragraph looks for me: Before I jump into today's lecture, I wanted to answer a few questio ns people had emailed me about the last lecture that we didn't hav e time for. So, if you have a question about what we covered last ti me, I am welcome to answer it now, starting with you.
- jarek 12y ago
  Caused by the CSS rule word-break: break-all "Word breaks may be inserted between any character"
  - nightpool 12y ago
    Yep this is a problem with the CSS from embed.ly. I've already notified the engineers at Genius and I'm hoping they can get it fixed soon. EDIT: also, because of some weird mixture of CSS rules, this is only a Firefox thing, so you might want to try chrome. Sorry about that! EDIT2: Okay this should be fixed now! Thanks guys.
ojbyrne 12y ago
"As an example of how intense Brian Chesky is, he's the Airbnb CEO, he used to ask people if they would take the job if they got a medical diagnosis that they have one year left to life (sic)" This is essentially asking - are you willing to lie to get this job.
- hawkice 12y ago
  And what a small price to pay for a job! Why accept anyone who would fail to pay that price? I cannot think of a single reason. [Job applicant must also cry self to sleep under desk.]
- ritchiea 12y ago
  Exactly. And it seems like you would not want to hire the person who says "yes" because you know that person is a liar. But I guess Airbnb worked out anyway.
- salem 12y ago
  He would also tell people that he didn't believe in work-life balance.
- SkyMarshal 12y ago
  Ideal gamed answer, both true and good enough to satisfy AirBnB: "no I would spend all my savings traveling around the world to exotic and unusual places, and hacking on open source projects as time and net access permitted."
- shna 12y ago
  That sounds to me abuse of power even coming up with that question.
lawsohard 12y ago
I've marked lines I think need to be further analyzed; would be amazing if people dropped knowledge! e.g. http://tech.genius.com/4101810 http://tech.genius.com/4101810
- deleted 12y ago
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66 points by cjbarber 12y ago

I've never seen this before, but on the site it is wrapping lines mid-word. Here is how the first paragraph looks for me: Before I jump into today's lecture, I wanted to answer a few questio ns people had emailed me about the last lecture that we didn't hav e time for. So, if you have a question about what we covered last ti me, I am welcome to answer it now, starting with you.

jarek 12y ago
Caused by the CSS rule word-break: break-all "Word breaks may be inserted between any character"
- nightpool 12y ago
  Yep this is a problem with the CSS from embed.ly. I've already notified the engineers at Genius and I'm hoping they can get it fixed soon. EDIT: also, because of some weird mixture of CSS rules, this is only a Firefox thing, so you might want to try chrome. Sorry about that! EDIT2: Okay this should be fixed now! Thanks guys.

ojbyrne 12y ago

"As an example of how intense Brian Chesky is, he's the Airbnb CEO, he used to ask people if they would take the job if they got a medical diagnosis that they have one year left to life (sic)" This is essentially asking - are you willing to lie to get this job.

hawkice 12y ago
And what a small price to pay for a job! Why accept anyone who would fail to pay that price? I cannot think of a single reason. [Job applicant must also cry self to sleep under desk.]
ritchiea 12y ago
Exactly. And it seems like you would not want to hire the person who says "yes" because you know that person is a liar. But I guess Airbnb worked out anyway.
salem 12y ago
He would also tell people that he didn't believe in work-life balance.
SkyMarshal 12y ago
Ideal gamed answer, both true and good enough to satisfy AirBnB: "no I would spend all my savings traveling around the world to exotic and unusual places, and hacking on open source projects as time and net access permitted."
shna 12y ago
That sounds to me abuse of power even coming up with that question.

lawsohard 12y ago

I've marked lines I think need to be further analyzed; would be amazing if people dropped knowledge! e.g. http://tech.genius.com/4101810 http://tech.genius.com/4101810

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