Name: Lecture 3 - How to Start a Startup
Uploaded: 2014-10-09T07:03:01.000Z
Duration: 48 min 8 s
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I'm not gonna ask if the mic is working like in

>> All right, well make it work somebody.

>> All right, this is like some kinda class tradition.

afterwards in a couple days I will like turn it

from a talk into an essay and put it online.

So, you don't have to take notes, just, just listen.

So, one of the advantages of having kids is

that when you have to give advice to people,

you can ask yourself, what would I tell my own kids?

And actually, you find this really focuses you.

when I asked what he was gonna be after two?

I already know what I would tell them about startups if

since most of you are young enough to be my own kids.

it could be simply because knowledge about them has not

But, whatever the reason, this is an area where you

cannot trust you're intuitions all the time.

when you first try skiing and you want to slow down,

you fly down the hill out of control, so, as I learned.

So, part of learning to ski is learning to

But in the beginning there's this list of things you're

trying to remember as you start down the hill.

You know, like alternate feet, make s-turns,

do not drag the inside foot, all this stuff.

skiing and there is a similar list of stuff you

And what I’m gonna give you today is the beginning of

The list of the counterintuitive stuff you

existing instincts from leading you astray.

The first thing on it, is the fact that I just

mentioned that startups are so weird that if you

follow your instincts they will lead you astray.

we used to joke that our function was to tell

Batch after batch, the YC partners warn founders about

Why do founders persistently ignore the partner's advice?

Well, that's the thing about counterintuitive ideas, they

contradict your intuitions, so they seem wrong.

So, of course you're first impulse is to ignore them.

And in fact that is not just the curse of Y Combinator,

but to some extent our You don't need people to

give you advice that doesn't surprise you, right?

If founder's existing intuitions gave them

That's why there are a lot of ski instructors and

running instructor, as much as you see ski instructor.

is like business ski instructors, except for

going up the slopes instead of down them.

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