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If you compromise and hire someone mediocre, you will always regret it.

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For most of the early hires you make in a startup, experience doesn't matter very much, and you should go for aptitude.

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I wouldn't call Loopt a failure. It didn't turn out like I wanted, for sure, but it was fun, I learned a lot, and I made enough money to start investing, which led me to my current job. I don't regret it at all.

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I get up late, have an espresso, and immediately start work. I try to get roughly caught up on email before I leave the house, then if I need to write anything or review a complex deal, I do that, and then I head to the office and work on my top few priorities for the day. I try to schedule my meetings in the afternoon.

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I believe whatever smart, ambitious people are working on will be the trend of the future. I do think that it's worth thinking critically about what the future will be.

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Loopt wouldn't have happened without Y Combinator.

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The thing about Y Combinator that's cool is that most companies won't happen if we don't fund them.

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I think extreme secrecy is a bad sign in all startups. Very few startups die because they tell you exactly how their technology works. On the long list of startup killers, that's pretty far down. Though on the list of entrepreneur fears, it's pretty high.

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That culture of frugality and discipline is really important for the Y Combinator mindset.

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Nationality: American

Type: Businessman

Born: Unknown

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