I'm not sure how many people realize this, but Airbnb would not exist without @mwseibel. The company would have died without YC, and they wouldn't have applied to YC if Michael hadn't told them to.
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So than that poses a great question how many more great companies die every day without proper help and not being at the right place at the right time?
You can tell from how close some of the great ones come to dying how many others must actually die.
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Unfortunately this is the paradox of luck being an important component (right country, place, time) but at the same time it’s a useful delusion to believe that your agency is the principal component.
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