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Diane Greene

10/26/13

@ Y Combinator

After a long struggle, we finally secured a meeting with Forrester, only to find the analyst covering the auto industry instead of our field.

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Diane Greene at Startup School 2013

@ Y Combinator

10/26/13

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Ooshma Garg

04/19/16

@ Y Combinator

I felt crushed after failing to secure funding, but I decided to use our remaining resources to continue pushing forward and meet with customers to understand their needs better.

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Y Combinator Cast

08/18/23

@ Y Combinator

In one of my worst investor meetings, I was kept waiting for hours by an investor known for making founders wait, which set a negative tone for the meeting.

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Dan Siroker

10/26/13

@ Y Combinator

We crafted a 'David versus Goliath' narrative against Adobe, which resonated with reporters and helped us gain legitimacy and customers who were frustrated with the incumbent.

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James Dyson

04/04/23

@ ainslie + ainslie Performance People

The car project was a significant disappointment, but it taught us valuable lessons and allowed us to redirect talented individuals into other areas of the business.

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Y Combinator Cast

08/18/23

@ Y Combinator

We should have done our research to answer the crucial question: who is the CEO? When we said both of us, it ended the meeting immediately.

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Diane Greene

10/26/13

@ Y Combinator

We engaged with hardware vendors like IBM and HP, trying to convince them to partner with us, despite initial resistance.

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Y Combinator Cast

08/10/23

@ Y Combinator

We networked our way into big AG tech companies through introductions from a key advisor, which helped us gain traction.

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Rujul Zaparde

01/09/25

@ Y Combinator

We had to be scrappy at FlightCar, even resorting to undercover operations to meet customers and park their cars without drawing attention to our business.

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Alexandr Wang

11/03/23

@ The Logan Bartlett Show

We prioritize tackling big problems in the industry, which leads to discovering larger opportunities, as we did when shifting focus from autonomous vehicles to AI's geopolitical implications.