Don't let the discovery of a good answer to an investor delude you into adopting the strategy for the future.
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Similarly, don't be deterred from doing something just because investors don't like it. There's some signal there, sometimes, but the amount varies a lot.
I will make an example of myself: I didn't like the Airbnbs' idea initially and encouraged them to work on something else. But they ignored me, and soon won me over.
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I'm curious. If you didn't like their initial idea, why did you still accept them into YC?
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They liked the founders a lot
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I still love how you posted the email thread with
@fredwilson allowing all of us to get a rare glimpse into your dialogues: http://www.paulgraham.com/airbnb.html c'est la vieThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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fortunately, you also sent them our way!
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The drive and energy to solve problems and create a wheel to make penny is worth spending life at, No matter what people say.
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