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Y Combinator Cast

01/13/21

@ Y Combinator

The odds are stacked against you when building a company, as competitors often have more money, people, time, and resources.

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2021 YC Top Companies on Their Startup Journey

@ Y Combinator

2021 YC Top Companies on Their Startup Journey

01/13/21

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Keith Rabois

04/20/17

@ Y Combinator

Building a company is much more challenging than creating a product because it involves managing irrational people who are often difficult to work with.

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Y Combinator Cast

01/13/21

@ Y Combinator

Starting a company is going to be longer and harder than you might imagine, regardless of how successful it appears from the outside.

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Y Combinator Cast

10/15/14

@ Y Combinator

Starting a company is incredibly challenging, and many people don't realize how hard it is until they experience it themselves.

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Michael Seibel

04/09/22

@ Y Combinator

Founders often psych themselves out by worrying about competitors, especially when they see a competitor raise significant funding, leading them to feel like they are failing.

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Harvard Innovation Labs Cast

06/12/13

@ Harvard Innovation Labs

In a startup, the only advantage you have is time, so you must move quickly to capitalize on your ideas before established competitors.

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Jared Friedman

09/20/19

@ Y Combinator

A hard tech company requires significant time and money to build its first product, and even with ample resources, it's uncertain if the product can be built at all.

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Geoff Ralston

10/11/18

@ Y Combinator

Fundraising can be one of the hardest parts of starting a company, and while it may seem like an open market, it's often not rational or fair.

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Jensen Huang

06/24/11

@ Stanford Online

Building a company is extraordinarily gratifying, but it is also incredibly hard.

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Brian Chesky

12/01/15

@ Greylock

As you scale, competition changes. Initially, you focus on survival, but as you gain traction, you face existential threats from competitors who may try to copy your model and undermine your success.