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In line with Female Founder Stories & the Employee #1 series, it'd be fascinating to hear (un)successful founders' perspectives on previous failures (potential
by etr71115 10y ago
In line with Female Founder Stories & the Employee #1 series, it'd be fascinating to hear (un)successful founders' perspectives on previous failures (potential program title: "Start Overs"?), what they would have done differently, if there's still a market for their idea, and what they learned from it for their future successes.
Ideal speakers:
Travis Kalanick -- Scour
Drew Houston -- Accolade
Justin Kan & Emmett Shear -- Kiko
Jack Dorsey -- Uber Imitator in the early 2000s
Sean Parker -- Napster
Parker Conrad -- SigFig
Ben Silbermann -- Audiobeta
- wwalser 10y agoSimilar to this, I'd love to know how YC feels about it's founders who have an exit big enough to be a personal success but aren't successful from a VC perspective. I know, for example, that most investors are probably not happy about a $5-15MM sell on $1-2MM of raised money. We also don't hear much about the financial mechanics of those types of acquisitions. I'd like to understand the considerations that go into smaller acquisitions/acquihires like: Sam A.(Loopt) & Kevin H.(Wufoo) or Justin K.(Exec).
- craigcannon 10y agok
- craigcannon 10y agoHa! That's funny. I briefly explored doing a series of interviews along these lines (too early, failures, etc) already. Good to know there's interest.