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Do you think if Zuck applied to YC today with Facebook as it was in 2005 he'd make it in? (Assuming the 'social network' landscape still looked like it had in 2
by atroyn 12y ago
Do you think if Zuck applied to YC today with Facebook as it was in 2005 he'd make it in? (Assuming the 'social network' landscape still looked like it had in 2005).
- sama 12y agoYes. There are certain people that you cannot sit across from and let yourself not invest. He is one of them, for sure. He also had great growth. (Zuck comes to speak to the YC batch every year or so. PG used to say that when he talked to Zuck he'd find himself saying "whoa, we should really fund this guy". I had the same experience last time he came to YC.)
- atroyn 12y agoWhat's something he said or did to cause the 'whoa' reaction? Any kind of anecdote you can share?
- baristaGeek 12y agoWatch the Startup School video on Youtube. It's when he talks about what he built before/parallel to The Facebook (Wirehog, Synapse, ZuckNet, etc.)
- xtrumanx 12y agoFor the lazy, here's the link[0] where Mark talks about building a site that got students to upload their notes that helped him pass an exam for a course he hadn't studied for. PG remarked that this was fitting answer for the "Tell us how you hacked a system" question in the YC application and added he has to constantly remind himself its too late to accept Mark into YC. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGsalg2f9js?t=6m10s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGsalg2f9js?t=6m10s
- waterlesscloud 12y agoThere's some very interesting things in that video. It set me to thinking about things Facebook isn't actually doing that Zuckerburg says he cares about. Which are things worthy of some further thinking to see what opportunities exist there...
- wallawe 12y agohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGsalg2f9js&t=7m40s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGsalg2f9js&t=7m40s