sometimes, to master the future, you must master the past. then let it go, and approach the future with the child like curiosity it deserves.

As a founder, you need to have an outlet for your competitive / aggressive / hit-a-concrete goal energy. The best channel is a hard physical sport. Running. MMA. Surfing. Something that has many layers and you can do for a long time. Don't spend it online. Spend it outside.

If you aren’t getting happier as you get older, you’re doing it wrong.

As a YC founder I've now watched 2 close friends build multi-billion dollar companies. Here's a few things that surprised me: 1/ it can be anyone There's nothing special about these guys. They're smart, committed, and work hard. But they're not geniuses. They just figured it

It does seem like the most rewarding time ever to be a founder.. - no distribution problems only product problems - you can ship every new feature you can think of, trivially - if stuff isn’t working just wait and the models will both get exponentially better + gain new

People generally don't go after their most ambitious ideas. But that's what creates the most value. Plus there's fewer people who play in that space. Go for the hard thing.

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BUILD THE WHOLE PRODUCT If you're a startup CEO, you should think deeply about what Frank Slootman says : "Build the Whole Product, or solve the Whole Problem as fast as you can". In 2026, the biggest winners will be companies who realize that fragmented experiences don't serve

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I think about this a lot. We fund such smart people. The words are so simple. Why is it so hard? Why do so few pull it off? Well just for starters… - people rarely know what they want - if they know, they may not trust you enough yet to tell you - or they may not have the

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Finding PMF in AI is currently incredibly hard. I've never known a time when we routinely see cos going from $0 to several $m in a few quarters or less but when we chat with customers, the feedback is middling on avg "yes it's good, but I'm trying 5 other things so I dunno" or

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