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YC

Y Combinator Cast

02/10/22

@ Y Combinator

Starting a company is challenging, and if it were easy, more people would leave their high-status jobs at companies like Google to pursue it.

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What Does It REALLY Mean To Do Things That Don't Scale? – Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel

@ Y Combinator

What Does It REALLY Mean To Do Things That Don't Scale? – Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel

02/10/22

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