Channel: Y Combinator

Category: Science & Technology

Tags: yt:cc=ony combinatoryc

Description: Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel talk about Paul Graham's essay "Do Things That Don't Scale" and what it really means for founders. Read the essay here: paulgraham.com/ds.html Chapters (Powered by bit.ly/chapterme-yc) - 00:00 - Do things that don't scale 00:58 - Reddit 02:54 - DoorDash 04:39 - Cruise 06:19 - What is the life and job of a CEO in the pre product-market fit stages? 08:01 - Customer support 09:30 - Criticisms 11:02 - Learn at Google - Before startup I need to work at a big company? 13:46 - Mental prep - How do we help founders prepare their minds for this zone? 16:13 - Wrap-up