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Published · transcript-backedJessica Livingston: evaluation
27 Jun 2024 Lenny's Podcast The social radar: Y Combinator’s secret weapon | Jessica Livingston (co-founder of Y Combinator, author, podcast host)
“He hated their idea, and Paul tried to get Brian and Joe and Nate to change it. But I remember specifically Joe brought out the cereal boxes, the Obama O's and Cap'n McCain's, and I just thought, oh my God, they're going to work hard to do whatever they can to make this company succeed.”
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- Speaker
- Jessica Livingston
- Attribution
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- Claim type
- evaluation
- Recorded
- 27 Jun 2024
- Publisher
- Lenny's Podcast
Transcript context
…Is there anything else along the Airbnb story that would be interesting to share? He hated their idea, and Paul tried to get Brian and Joe and Nate to change it. But I remember specifically Joe brought out the cereal boxes, the Obama O's and Cap'n McCain's, and I just thought, oh my God, they're going to work hard to do whatever they can to make this company succeed. You just talk a bit about this idea of just making shit happen, showing signs of being hustlers.…
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