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2015.04.08 - Draper TV - Startups Have No Where to Go but Up (~20mins, 4 videos)
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=P ... Y1lB_SX_OX
- Delaware C corp. "I've raised from probably a hundred investors. If I wasn't a Delaware C corp, none of them would have invested."
- The second step is team. You can't run a startup from outside
- "If you can't recruit your friends to do whatever your dumb idea is, how serious are you about it?"
- The third piece is MVP.
2015.06.26 - Startup Grind Interview (~1hr)
Things he looks for in YC applicants:
(summary: he's basically looking for a group that looks like his Justin.tv group)
- 2-4 founders
- at least 1 technical founder, ideally more
- 2017.07.19 - YC - Michael Seibel - Why Should I Start a Startup?
- I was smart but not smart enough to be considered “gifted” so I was put into the regular track. What became clear to me by 8th grade was that once I was tracked regular there was no easy way to reverse the decision. That pissed me off and motivated me to break into the higher track.
- Amazing story: I got kicked out of Yale. Let me tell you what happened. Yale is the epitome of establishment and in its liberal arts environment I didn’t feel like I was learning anything of practical value (Political Science major). Over a couple years I lost all interest in classes, stopped attending, and low grades quickly followed. I didn’t want to be an academic and it felt like that was all Yale was preparing me to do. By senior year my poor grades resulted in me being kicked out of school.
- This sounds a lot like me in high school (and even nowadays): I can be terrible at doing things I don't care about / think are a waste of time. Although I had this problem in high school, not college. And nowadays I could probably put in enough effort to avoid drastic consequences (like getting kicked out).