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Ryan Martin's avatar

Amazing advice. As always. Sorry you learned from experience but thank you for sharing; I hope people listen. Honestly this perspective is why I love YC. There is a culture that focuses on the importance of being profitable, and screams about the freedom and flexibility it affords. I have seen it frequently emphasized by YC partners and together with the lack of celebration about fundraising (indeed the view that fundraising is really failure to be profitable). This culture is so valuable in helping founders focus on execution rather than hype.

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Paul Chen's avatar

Thank you Dalton. So timely! Our circumstances have quite a bit of parallels between your 2008 and my 2020. I also have a newborn. I also run a startup. In fact, we launched this March LOL! Hey, at least we will get the credit for "great timing".

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