If you are successful, it’s almost always because some people went out of their way to help you. You have a moral o… https://t.co/5pep2u9QJG

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Having the self-belief that you will be able to figure things out as you go along is critical to success at anythin… https://t.co/VmtdUE5upf

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If you notice something at your company below standards and don't fix it or make sure someone else does, you have s… https://t.co/xlYSwCNdr3

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Pattern I've noticed in very impactful people: Spend ~1 year exploring broadly, ~4 years relentless focus executing… https://t.co/snytWw9xuY

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How things get done in the world: Relentless focus Self-confidence Personal connections Effective leadership (comm… https://t.co/GnJy0H06uQ

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Hiring: values first, aptitude second, specific skills third

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The most important thing to learn in school is that you can learn almost anything, and so you shouldn't let not kno… https://t.co/VI7K5Zwk5s

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Learning to identify super talented people before everyone else does is one of the most valuable skills to develop.

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What a photo... https://t.co/OIW5700U8C

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The number one predictor of success for a very young startup: rate of iteration.

— sama (@sama)

It’s common to have vision; it’s rare to have plans.

— sama (@sama)

Annual goals are hard. Try monthly ones! Not so daunting and 12x the feeling of accomplishment. Amazing what you ca… https://t.co/4HXqtwnqJY

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You can be wrong on a lot of decisions if you are really right on a few huge ones. Optimize for the magnitude of y… https://t.co/vY9fxy0OQ9

— sama (@sama)

Make the email shorter, get to the point faster, and don't be shy about followup.

— sama (@sama)

Best way to make money as a startup investor: bet on people with incredible growth trajectories, not impressive cre… https://t.co/0iXQBYEelu

— sama (@sama)

We need to research more aggressive climate solutions, and YC is ready to fund: https://t.co/7RihCpQRln

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There's always a technology frontier somewhere, and one of the best reasons to go work there is that it's where the… https://t.co/Dxwm4qeiAM

— sama (@sama)

Today felt like the start of the era where we expand beyond earth.

— sama (@sama)

Congrats to @drewhouston and @arashf--we found the checks @jesslivingston wrote you in 2007 for YC! Long way since… https://t.co/Ln0utPKEff

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If someone's assessment of their own ability is wildly higher than their actual ability, aggressively avoid working with them.

— sama (@sama)

To be clear: I'm still skeptical of almost all cryptocurrency projects. 90+% of them are somewhere between overhyp… https://t.co/XO0Muyl9VT

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Make your identity about your strengths, not your weaknesses.

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I wonder how much cryptocurrency is slowing the rate of AI progress by wildly driving up the price of GPUs...

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Low burn rate, rapid progress: excellent! High burn rate, rapid progress: ok Low burn rate, slow progress: ok High… https://t.co/6XD50jYGgi

— sama (@sama)

We are accepting all 15,000 companies that applied to Startup School! Excited to provide a community to so many sta… https://t.co/yNUeM1flbi

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I am really happy to share that Qi Lu is joining YC, and we are launching in China! https://t.co/YGhnfDEeWk

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Even fewer people are willing/able to actually execute on plans. People who have a bold vision, specific plans, an… https://t.co/tBdOCIteMK

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Sports-inspired thought that gets lost in business: Always assume your competitors are smart and will do smart things.

— sama (@sama)

Today was the first day I fell for an AI-generated fake video with major geopolitical implications. Luckily the pe… https://t.co/akhKt6mgUx

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behind every "jk lol" there is a little bit of seriousness

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I’m interested in genetically engineering plants to be much more efficient at photosynthesis and grow faster as a p… https://t.co/N9K3JsuG0f

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You can succeed by being a mediocre manager and a great leader, or a great manager and a mediocre leader. Try to f… https://t.co/gg3Vxv5Z5U

— sama (@sama)

Startups: although it's become fashionable to raise way more money than you need and not worry too much about the d… https://t.co/SlK7XnH7ZN

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Productivity: https://t.co/zbhmaZqExu

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It always makes me ridiculously proud to be a human when I see a 747 flying low. We did that.

— sama (@sama)

This is the podcast I learn the most per minute from: https://t.co/ab1XzWLaU3

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that was a delicious beer. oh, and that launch/landing was pretty cool @elonmusk https://t.co/1kn3ncdr76

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Is there really a big difference between bots that retweet fake news without thinking and humans who retweet first and think later?

— sama (@sama)

either the recent silicon valley stories have gone hyperbolic, or i need cooler friends. my friends just drink la croix.

— sama (@sama)

Low burn rates have gone out of fashion, but I expect we'll be reminded very quickly at the beginning of the next d… https://t.co/6PxtlJP0wf

— sama (@sama)

Make School just got accredited for a bachelor's degree! https://t.co/ZGWS9XnKJv

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I am surprised people seem to want the giant tech companies to set the rules of free speech online instead of their… https://t.co/1oBIqO577L

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Most people are only really good at a few things. Focus on going from really good to great in those areas rather th… https://t.co/Y15h96X5KZ

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I got to read an early copy of this, and have been waiting for it to come out so that I can recommend it to everyon… https://t.co/edF02NXwOt

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It’s also rare to be able to tell the difference between very hard and impossible.

— sama (@sama)

Focus on 100 users that love you, not one million who kind of like you. Enjoyed sharing one of @paultoo's best insi… https://t.co/CUtbN6vizr

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YC W18 first dinner https://t.co/23orxpVICP

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Related to that, you learn a lot more from successes than your failures. It is very easy to draw the wrong conclusions from failure.

— sama (@sama)

Today i saw the quantum erasure experiment run and now i can’t sleep

— sama (@sama)

i think i just woke up from a dream about an earthquake to an actual earthquake wtf!

— sama (@sama)