My First Million
Y Combinator CEO Shares How They Pick Winners, Advice For Founders + Lessons From Paul Graham | Garry Tan Interview
Sam Parr and Shaan Puri brainstorm new business ideas based on trends & opportunities they see in the market. Sometimes they bring on famous guests to brainstorm with them.
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Episode 642: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) talk to Garry Tan ( https://x.com/garrytan ), CEO of Y Combinator, about the sauce that makes YC outperform the rest of Silicon Valley plus lessons from Paul Graham, Peter Thiel and Garry’s first million.
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Show Notes:
() Winning the game
() Being the Harvard of startups
() How YC outperforms most Silicon Valley investors
() Spotting extreme winners
() Capital-as-a-service
() How Garry hustled at 14 to get his into financial security
() Turning down Peter Thiel's offer to start Palantir
() Garry's first million
() Early days at YC
() The edge of startups with a 2-pizza team
() Advice for founders in AI
() The spoon-bending story
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Links:
• YC - https://www.ycombinator.com/
• Founding Sales - https://www.foundingsales.com/
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Check Out Shaan's Stuff:
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Check Out Sam's Stuff:
• Hampton - https://www.joinhampton.com/
• Ideation Bootcamp - https://www.ideationbootcamp.co/
• Copy That - https://copythat.com
• Hampton Wealth Survey - https://joinhampton.com/wealth
• Sam’s List - http://samslist.co/
My First Million is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by The HubSpot Podcast Network // Production by Arie Desormeaux // Editing by Ezra Bakker Trupiano
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