YC wasn't started by investors.
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Jeff Bezos did not start Amazon because he was a frustrated book buyer. No evidence for the other ones either AFAIK.
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@paulg good one but reminder that just because they weren't experts doesn't mean they were solving someone else's problem (bad) -
I think the sweet spot is an outsider who feels the pain insiders have become numb against
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a corollary is there are more non-expert founders in the consumer space than in B2B–hard to feel pain if not in the biz
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USA is not managed by an american president, etc etc etc
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@paulg a taxi driver was not a taxi driver the day before he became a taxi driverThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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what about theranos?

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@paulg As Martin Eberhard said about @TeslaMotors sometimes a dash of naïveté helps tackling large problemsThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Intel.
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what's this tweet about?
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Barnes&Noble wasn’t started by a book salesman, Yellow Cab wasn’t started by a taxi driver, Marriott sold Root Beer!
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if they were a lot of missteps would have been avoided
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