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Michael Seibel

01/20/22

@ Y Combinator

Each of these startup opportunities turned out to be larger than the founders anticipated when they began their journeys.

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Where Do Great Startup Ideas Come From? – Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel

@ Y Combinator

Where Do Great Startup Ideas Come From? – Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel

01/20/22

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Y Combinator Cast

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Founders should aim to think bigger when starting a startup, as many begin with small, inconsequential ideas. By expanding their vision, they can create solutions that significantly impact the world.

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Jessica Livingston

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The founders of most successful startups often don't realize early on how big they're going to get; they work on something they themselves want and hope that many others will want it too.

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Harj Taggar

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Career paths for startup founders are not always linear; serendipity and connections can lead to unexpected opportunities.

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Founders often inflated their expectations, with some expecting seed rounds of ten million dollars, reflecting a trend of trying to keep up with other startups' valuations.

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Jessica Livingston

07/25/17

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The most common path for really big startups involves founders working on ideas that seem unpromising at first but blossom into something significant, driven by their commitment and vision.

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Michael Seibel

01/20/22

@ Y Combinator

In all three cases, the founders had firsthand experience with the problems they aimed to solve, which made the opportunities to create something significantly better clear in hindsight.

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Diane Greene

10/26/13

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Each startup is unique and challenging, and I wish good luck to everyone pursuing their own ventures.

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Michael Seibel

01/20/22

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Many founders and investors initially dismissed the ideas behind Airbnb, Coinbase, and Stripe as poor or overly ambitious, underestimating their potential.

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Paul Graham

03/19/17

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Successful startups often emerge from side projects that were not initially intended to be businesses, as seen with companies like Twitter.