He knows startups extremely well. He's a very curious person and genuinely interested in startups and has gotten to know many startup founders. He started a suc

He knows startups extremely well. He's a very curious person and genuinely interested in startups and has gotten to know many startup founders. He started a successful (but not wildly successful) startup back when Y Combinator was new. I installed Loopt back then. It was pretty impressive for a while. A lot of startup people like him. Paul Graham does in particular but he rose to the top of Y Combinator over a period of time and I don't think it would have happened if he hadn't proven himself to most of the others at Y Combinator.