YC Startup School East in Boston on April 20 - deadline to sign up is April 12 - apply to attend here: events.ycombinator.com/suseast24

People choosing not to have kids because they think the world sucks should cause the population to evolve to be more cheery and optimistic.
Just wait 100 generations or so and the whinging should stop.

Huge day for Kalshi - they are building the best prediction market in the world and now have market maker in SIG that will take them to the next level.

People are going a little nuts on this thing. Time for a Twitter cool off.

Extracting significant value (in non ZIRP times) from your startup requires more than building a company that startup investors are willing to fund. It requires building a company that either public market investors are willing to invest in (IPO) or that a public company is…

Impressive! Boom Supersonic

Thinking about what to cook for the 150 YC w24 Group 2 founders next week…. we are talking about fundraising. Any ideas? (Crockpot recipes only)

Putting out good vibes this morning. Coffee, news, getting the kids ready for school - start of a good day 👍🏽

Just because someone asks you for something that doesn’t mean you have to do it. This applies to friends, family, your investors, your work colleagues, your boss, your employees, your customers, etc.

Turns out no amount of fundraising, press, buzz, amazing employees, and/or cool tech guarantees you product market fit.

This batch, we decided we should start cooking Y Combinator dinners again 👨‍🍳

With Pete Koomen Tyler Bosmeny and Michael Seibel hosting a Parker Conrad talk.