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Y Combinator's Paul Graham sits down with Jason at LAUNCH Festival 2014
A fireside chat at LAUNCH Festival 2014 where Paul Graham tells Jason Calacanis why he is handing Y Combinator's presidency to Sam Altman. He also shares startup advice drawn from nine years and 500+ startups.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN people link it for Paul Graham's candid views on startups, Aaron Swartz, and investing selection.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- This Week in Startups
- Topic
- startups and y combinator
- Format
- interview
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 3
- HN mentions in dataset
- 4
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2014–2016
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From the original HN conversations
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I thought about that too when I watched that documentary. You should check out what pg thinks of Aaron in this recent video: [VIDEO] at around 7:42
asadlionpk on Hacker News · 2014-07
In Aaron Swartz and the YC CommunityI think it was in this video with Jcal [VIDEO] . Not sure at what point in the video, but PG definitely gives up lots of great success tips, so worth watching it all. As far as the black swans, I could be wrong on …
tjculbertson on Hacker News · 2014-10
In YC W15 emails are outI can't answer that but pg talking about what may have been Sendgrid was quite interesting along those lines [VIDEO]
tim333 on Hacker News · 2016-03
In I Am Sam Altman, President of Y Combinator. AMA
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