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Turning a spreadsheet into software with no-code builder Stacker(youtube.com)
1 points by garry 6y ago|0 comments
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Post-Pandemic Silicon Valley Isn’t a Place(blog.initialized.com)
7 points by garry 6y ago|0 comments
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by garry 6y ago
Ideas are just a multiplier on execution. Derek Sivers was a big influence on startups when I came up in 2008. Classic: https://sive.rs/multiply
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by garry 6y ago
Derek Sivers says ideas are a multiplier on execution. Zero execution with 1000x idea still is equal zero. But the right execution with the right idea is magic.
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by garry 6y ago
I've actually funded 9 unicorns in the past 8 years and work with startups at the earliest possible stage, writing checks of $1M to $5M. And I give this advice away for free, because I find those "get rich quick" guides to be
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by garry 6y ago
If you looked at the user experiences of the two sites, they couldn't be more different. User experience and design matters a lot.
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by garry 6y ago
Hm, I think it's pretty well known why Facebook won. Far deeper networks, far better engagement. Look up the work the Facebook Growth team did.
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by garry 6y ago
Oh you are super right about customer acquisition. That matters a ton! You should see some of my other videos that touch on that. But I do think picking an idea from direct experience seems to work extra well, having funded hundreds of star
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by garry 6y ago
I think most local newspapers have about as good as one as any. Facebook Events also has largely filled this. As a Y Combinator partner for five years, it never failed that some hundreds of applications every single time were for local even
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by garry 6y ago
I made this video and agree with this comment! Not everyone needs to make a billion dollar startup.
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by garry 6y ago
Oh man thanks! I don't do anything particularly special. I do have a dynamic mic (Electrovoice RE20) with a good compressor (dbx 286s) and that does give a good "radio effect."
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I got into Y Combinator (Startup School 2008)(youtube.com)
1 points by garry 6y ago|0 comments
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Postel's Law enabled the proto-Internet(blog.garrytan.com)
2 points by garry 6y ago|1 comments
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Sentropy emerges from stealth with an AI platform to tackle online abuse(techcrunch.com)
10 points by garry 6y ago|0 comments
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Remote Work: Hiring, recruiting, and essential tools(blog.garrytan.com)
105 points by garry 7y ago|14 comments
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by garry 7y ago
Yes, keep in mind this is seven years of working hardcore on one problem.
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by garry 7y ago
For me, all I'm really trying to do is lift up stories and experiences that I think are superlative and noteworthy, with the hope that it helps more of those things exist. This is helpful feedback for me in that if this feels too much
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by garry 7y ago
Oh yes, low bar for sure. The challenge is to get it to be a high ceiling.
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by garry 7y ago
I think this is one of the fundamental quandaries of many services that sell to developers. There's always a way to roll it yourself such that the cost in money is low but the cost in time is high. For me, I just don't have enough
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by garry 7y ago
Maybe an over-enthusiastic customer here, but obviously I am also an investor. That's helpful feedback for me, so I appreciate it.
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by garry 7y ago
Trying to be helpful. If there are things you would rather see, happy to try to throw that on my YouTube channel too!
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by garry 7y ago
Full transparency, I worked with Algolia when I was a YC partner years ago. I also invested from my fund. But I've been meaning to do a sit-down discussion with this team for a while. We've funded a lot of API-first developer-focu
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How to sell to 20M software devs with amazing onboarding(blog.garrytan.com)
195 points by garry 7y ago|82 comments
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by garry 7y ago
I invested in Ikaria and feel like someone should speak up here. I was early investor with Chrys Bader previously on his startup Secret. He was a YC batchmate of mine from 2008. I watched him build an initial prototype that had the chance t
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by garry 7y ago
The director of my product unit took me out for coffee and basically said as much. Congrats on the move, and if you ever want to come back, email me directly. It was one of the classiest things that ever happened to me in my business career
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by garry 7y ago
I guess I was one of those middle class scholarship kids. There were lots of them around and they were my friends. The private school kids honestly tended to keep to themselves. It's a part of my Stanford experience I found most jarrin
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by garry 7y ago
Sorry about that. Lots of other companies are going to make money, and that's a good thing. It's certainly a bad thing for large tech firms to take out increasingly large portions of global profits. It also might be a secular tren
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by garry 7y ago
Yeah, I know. I had this problem too. I had $40K in credit card debt and $40K in student loans, when I got that offer. I probably should have mentioned that too. Having debt is a huge crushing weight and definitely prevents you from taking
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by garry 7y ago
I generally recommend people think about it as two things: Learning or Earning. If you are learning, you are getting something out of the situation even if it's not well paid. Don't stay there forever, or stay until you stop learn
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by garry 7y ago
If you look at our portfolio we do try to find people who are not necessarily that classic "moonshot" type. Things that turn out to be moonshots often look like niche businesses. We try to put what you say to practice, but it&#x27

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