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Mark Zuckerberg

10/26/13

@ Y Combinator

I built a lot of stuff for myself throughout my childhood, including games and a music player, which laid the foundation for my later projects.

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Mark Zuckerberg at Startup School 2013

@ Y Combinator

10/26/13

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Luis von Ahn

05/10/25

@ Stanford Graduate School of Business

I learned how to code out of necessity when my mother bought me a computer instead of a Nintendo, so I had to figure out how to use it and eventually create my own games.

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Karri Saarinen

06/05/25

@ FirstRoundCapital

From my childhood, I developed a love for computers and design, which started when I was five years old and wanted to play games on a Commodore 64.

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Microsoft Cast

05/20/25

@ Microsoft

I started creating my own video games.

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Nate Blecharczyk

10/26/13

@ Y Combinator

I started programming at a young age, which built my confidence and set me on a path to entrepreneurship, showing that early experiences can be crucial for future success.

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Bill Gates

02/03/25

@ Jay Shetty Podcast

I had experiences in childhood that were rare, like exposure to computers, which gave me thousands of hours of programming experience.

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Parker Conrad

01/11/25

@ Y Combinator

During my childhood, I didn't engage in much entrepreneurial activity, but I learned to use a computer early on and made money fixing computers for friends and family.

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Mark Zuckerberg

10/26/13

@ Y Combinator

In college, I wanted to create products that connected me with the community around me, which led to the realization that I needed to build software that others would use too.

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Bill Gates

02/21/25

@ Stripe

My parents gave me a lot of freedom during my childhood, allowing me to explore and develop my interests, which I believe was crucial for my success.

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Carl Pei

08/14/24

@ Y Combinator

I was a big gadget fan when I was a kid, and I was probably one of the first people in Sweden to have the iPod and the iPhone, which I had to jailbreak to use.