One of the reasons I liked working at YC was that the job basically consists of encouraging people who are trying to do something new, and haven't gotten very far yet.

Incidentally, invoking such questions ritualistically is a fairly accurate description of the job of a YC partner. If you start asking questions like "what's preventing you from launching today?" the answer, to the founders' own surprise, quite often turns out to be nothing.

Really happy to share I just launched my podcast! I'm interviewing founders about their failure stories, what they did to overcome them, and how they bounced back. These two entrepreneurs based in Berlin share their stories about how their failure turned their project around.

The second episode is live! Corina shares her story of how her hard work led to burnout and how her F***Ups made her well-being a top priority. Listen and watch:

Third episode went live today! If you want to learn a lot from a 3D Printing expert and how he F***Up his startup, check This out!

The last episode from this year is live! I had the pleasure to learn from the Intrapreneurship Fuckups from a long time entrepreneur! Listen on any platform and Watch on YouTube

We're back on schedule with our 5th episode! Mariana's story is filled with fuckups and anecdotes, but when she realized her business was a vehicle to empower women, her life changed for the better. Follow our social media accounts to get notifications!

Cheap but good advice for playing music in a group

What it takes to make a startup successful is misunderstood and underestimated by basically everyone who has never worked inside of one

Most entrepreneurs assume they know what customers want - those assumptions are based on instinct and experience. But intuition is no match for data. Think like a scientist and design experiments; test a hypothesis; then try again. Masters of Scale #MindsetChallenge

Schrödinger's investment: when you never hear from a startup you invested in but also never ask for an update, so the startup is both dead and alive. However, if you ask for an update and the startup is dead, it can be argued that you killed it

Founders—I have now seen +100 decks in my first yearish in venture (plus have raised money myself). Need help with your deck? I want to help! Comment or DM for a time slot and please RT for reach.

On December 19th, 1959, Nina Simone appeared as the musical guest on the television program, "Playboy's Penthouse." Here's a clip, taken from that appearance, of Nina performing "I Loves You, Porgy."

You never know who’s going to show up! Last night, ellie graced the Blue Note stage with Maurice Brown! Truly unforgettable! The great and legendary Fred Wesley performed with DJ Logic MonoNeon Adam Deitch Karl Denson & James Hurt! One for the record books!

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Necesitamos 20 computadoras para Sala A-MYS, lab docente al servicio de toda la comunidad Universidad Simón Bolívar FCEUSB. Hemos recaudado el 15% aprox, gracias a egresados y amigos AlumnUSB que nos animan a seguir adelante. Por favor, apóyanos donando en: alumnusb.org/es/solicitud-m…

Guess when I started using AI to create software. Hint: Christmas presents were new AI toys.

I really don't like the To-do list feature they included in Cursor, so if anyone is trying to remove it, just search for To-do in the settings and disable it.

New Claude Code Limits are tough to deal with. Anthropic Claude