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by sandslash 10y ago
Absolutely agree with you here. Our aim here is not to make people better entrepreneurs, but rather to share our experiences and learnings in hopes of guiding entrepreneurs on their way to building their company. Like previous commenters ha
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by sandslash 10y ago
Apologies for that, we were still in the process of drafting a Terms of Use when we put up the site. That will be updated shortly to have more information. We plan on releasing our content under the Creative Commons license similar to Sam&#
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by sandslash 10y ago
Thanks for your feedback! I, too, would have loved if we could have spent more time with the guests and pick their brains for longer, but scheduling was already tough as is. We definitely did go with the informal, unedited approach; a forma
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by sandslash 10y ago
You can download the transcript here: https://goo.gl/FZUeK3
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by sandslash 10y ago
For full transparency: I was Garry's Chief of Staff for 2 years before joining YC. Garry and Alexis are the most founder friendly investors I've ever had the pleasure of working with. Late nights and early mornings in every time z
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by sandslash 10y ago
And here are the download links for the transcript and audio files if anyone is interested in tuning in offline: Transcript: https://goo.gl/8z2h1b Audio: https://goo.gl/D8h0NU
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How to Build the Future with Sam Altman(ycombinator.com)
159 points by sandslash 10y ago|92 comments
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by sandslash 10y ago
Mainly for editing. Segmenting and editing the different footage into something more easy to watch takes a bit of time. I will aim to get the extended version online after the weekend, but downloads do take a while!
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by sandslash 10y ago
Working on it! Hopefully in the next week or two.
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by sandslash 10y ago
Ah, shoot. I forgot that happens there too (at least you can close that popup and get back to the content :) ) And definitely noted!
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by sandslash 10y ago
Hi there. That certainly is inconvenient! Here's a link to the transcript in RTF, and we will definitely note it for future posts: https://goo.gl/kaMMwv
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by sandslash 10y ago
Yep! And I definitely appreciate your thoughtfulness and input. We are still fleshing out all the finer details of the program, but we will have a more detailed announcement soon.
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by sandslash 10y ago
The initial thought process around financial aid in this case is to give founders the means to be able to work on their idea, project, or company. I'd like to think of it more as a grant. The grant will afford founders in more disadvan
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by sandslash 10y ago
To answer your question: no, nope, no. Absolutely agree with you there. This anecdote is definitely the most extreme and not-advised route of keeping your company alive. They were extremely lucky this worked at all in their favor. Please do
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by sandslash 10y ago
Thanks! That's what we aimed for. Feel free to shoot me any suggestions of content you'd find useful via email. We're always looking for more ways to make valuable and interesting content more accessible to everyone.
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by sandslash 10y ago
I think the message that I've gotten from that story is that you need to do whatever you can to afford you the means to focus on your business, no matter how un-scaleable it may seem. And that's the attitude we love here at YC. It
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by sandslash 11y ago
A lot of things! They're making some amazing software for applications and all the data that comes with it, internal tools for office hours and events, and ongoing improvements to our security and infrastructure, just to name a few thi
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A Black Police Officer’s Fight Against the N.Y.P.D(nytimes.com)
3 points by sandslash 11y ago|0 comments
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by sandslash 11y ago
Just updated. Should be working now. Edited the link :)
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Should be back up now!
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by sandslash 11y ago
Don't mean to take away from the thread (I love what Tonjé and Ludovic are doing here and they're great guys!) but I also wondered about that last parenthetical question as well with some of my friends from France. Feel free to co
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by sandslash 11y ago
Haha, I love House of Cards. And I guess you could draw some analogies :D
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by sandslash 11y ago
I was a Production Manager at a Medical Device company here in the Bay area previously for almost 3 years. Wanted a change of scenery so I started helping Garry out. From there, I started helping out with events and tech/ops at YC and
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by sandslash 11y ago
Hey! Steven here :) Chief of Staff in my particular case was mainly everything an Executive Assistant does (administrative work, research, gatekeeper, etc) plus anything else that came up that I could help out with.