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    1. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 14 Dec 2020

      Paul Graham Retweeted Yuri Sagalov

      My trick for doing this is a sort of reverse skepticism: I challenge myself to imagine a scenario where (some more evolved version of) the idea works. I don't want to fail the challenge, so I'm highly motivated to discover an answer.https://twitter.com/yuris/status/1338202793463566336 …

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      Yuri SagalovVerified account @yuris
      One of the hardest things in startups is not dismissing ridiculous-sounding ideas. I still regularly have to actively stop and and ask myself — what if it does work? What sounds ridiculous today may be a mainstream $100B business a decade from now.
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    2. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 14 Dec 2020

      I once did office hours with a startup and couldn't imagine a scenario where they got big. In desperation I asked them what their interviewers had liked about them. Turned out they weren't actually in the batch. They'd gate-crashed YC and I thought they were my next office hours.

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      Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 14 Dec 2020

      Jessica was so mad. This was the point where we got a combination lock on the door. I, however, was greatly relieved to find they weren't in the batch. I'd worried I was losing my touch, and that the interviewers had seen something I just couldn't see.

      2:05 AM - 14 Dec 2020
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        1. Olúwatósìn Olaseinde‏ @tosinolaseinde 14 Dec 2020
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          😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 This thread made my day

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        1. Mayank Chhabra  ☂️‏ @MayankDotCh 14 Dec 2020
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          love how you doubted yourself and not the interviewers haha

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        1. Satya Kalluri‏ @satya_kalluri 14 Dec 2020
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          SO, even YC had bugs. It's just a matter of having them fixed, progress and make it big. Thanks @paulg.

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        1. Code.ng‏ @CodeDotNG 14 Dec 2020
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          🤣

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        1. Al Whipstock jr.‏ @JrWhipstock 14 Dec 2020
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          Falsification-capability is an underrated feature of any process.

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        1. Mats Stafseng Einarsen‏ @matseinarsen 14 Dec 2020
          Replying to @paulg

          I feel this story is missing the most essential part: did they get big or not?

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        2. Andrei Popovici‏ @andreipopovici 14 Dec 2020
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          But isn't this the exact kind of "hacker" behavior that YC encouraged?

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        3. heatdeathx‏ @heatdeathx 14 Dec 2020
          Replying to @andreipopovici @paulg

          It's a thin line. Feels like it's highly dependent on your performance and how you do it.

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        1. Benicio‏ @deltrolo 14 Dec 2020
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          This is actually very funny 😂

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        1. Khaled Aly‏ @khaledealy 14 Dec 2020
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          Any idea if they did end up doing something?

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