Getting tired of this complainy startup victim mentality. We are the world's most important, powerful, interesting industry. Let's act from a position of strength: YES, criticize us because it's natural to question power. Let's fix it by doing the right thing, not by whining.https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1134058742910246912 …
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My view on advice is I try to avoid giving it because I've found almost all advice is autobiographical: either the person is justifying their own choices or living through you. Circumstances differ so much that hypotheses, or sharing experiences, works for me more than "advice."
YC's business is advice, and the results so far suggest it's something that can be done well if you make an effort to. It helps that YC invests on such a large scale. When I advise startups it's based on what I've learned watching hundreds of others at the same stage.
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Great! You do you, as they say. FWIW founders often tell me they get much more out of other parts of YC than advice, but that's for them to say. I hear: network of founders, brand, deadline for progress, etc. Reviews of advice are mixed. If you care for the feedback.
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I think the key, as with many mastermind groups, is that knowledgeable people are providing possible solutions and letting you make the decision ... not telling you what to do.
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I thought you'd retired from YC? We've invested in an order of magnitude fewer startups, if not two, and I do wonder if my perspective would get any sharper if I had more data as a direct investor. Maybe it would! Certainly our ability to catch an outlier would go up.
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Advice may also be conveyed in context with different weights with this hack:
#fyi#suggestion#recommendation#plea cc@wadefoster@dharmesh http://FlashTags.orgThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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