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At YC we use the term "Collison installation" for the technique they invented. More diffident founders ask "Will you try our beta?" and if the answer is yes, they say "Great, we'll send you a link." But the Collison brothers weren't going to wait. When anyone agreed to try Stripe they'd say "Right then, give me your laptop" and set them up on the s... See more
Paul Graham • Do things that don't scale : YC Startup Library | Y Combinator
Livingston: What did you do that your competitors couldn't? Levchin: The really complicated part is figuring out the risk. The financial industry people understood the risk, but they weren't willing to do the sort of stuff we did, where they would basically say, "Bad guys over here. Let's get all the bad guys out." There are tools to just
... See moreJessica Livingston • Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' Early Days
The Angel-Operator Fund Trend, Building Prosumer Software
podcasts.apple.comElon, Zuckerberg, and all the smartest founders are building their own media arms, going direct and routing around legacy media corporations. Doing so is now a core competency. A CEO or a founder who does not build direct distribution is not doing it right. It’s like a company not building a website.
Eric Jorgenson • The Anthology of Balaji: A Guide to Technology, Truth, and Building the Future
Tyler Lastovich
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In 2010, people still thought the main application of mobile was coupons.
@yishan set them straight.
