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Nate Blecharczyk

10/26/13

@ Y Combinator

After quitting my corporate job due to lack of learning, I joined a startup where I learned valuable lessons about what not to do in business.

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Nate Blecharczyk at Startup School 2013

@ Y Combinator

10/26/13

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Tom Preston-Werner

10/25/13

@ Y Combinator

Experiencing bad companies can provide valuable lessons on what not to do in your own startup.

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Justin Kan Cast

05/27/21

@ Justin Kan

I don't regret the painful experiences in my startup journey, as they taught me valuable lessons about myself and my capabilities.

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Paul Copplestone

05/14/25

@ Accel

I learned a lot from my first startup, especially about what not to do, like playing startup without having product-market fit.

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Theodoric Chew

04/21/25

@ EO

After exiting my first company, I spent time working at startups and venture builders to gain experience and learn from faster-growing companies.

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Sam Altman

11/09/24

@ Y Combinator

I learned a lot from my early experiences, even though my first company didn't succeed. The rate of learning in startups is incredibly high.

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Adora Cheung

03/20/17

@ Y Combinator

I learned a lot about what not to do if I were to start another startup after Homejoy, and much of this comes from my past failures.

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Theodoric Chew

04/21/25

@ EO

I learned equally, if not more, from working in a fast-growing startup than I would have in college, especially in understanding how a venture builder or VC thinks.

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Gaurav Misra

05/02/25

@ EO

I dropped out of my PhD program in machine learning to join a startup, which was a high-risk decision that ultimately paid off.

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Dan Siroker

10/26/13

@ Y Combinator

I decided to stop working on my startup and joined Google to learn skills that would help me succeed as an entrepreneur.