𝗛𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝟮𝟬 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗽𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝟳𝟯𝟬 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀.
Then, staring at his empty fridge, he got a 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧-𝐝𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚.
The problem? He missed the 𝐘 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫 deadline and needed funding FAST.
YC’s standard investment terms today are $500K, but back in 2012, they invested smaller amounts (around $120K). The rest of the $2.3M came from other investors after YC helped Instacart gain traction.
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𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝘀 𝗦𝗮𝗺 𝗔𝗹𝘁𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝘁𝗚𝗣𝗧.
But at 19, Altman dropped out of Stanford & raised $30M to build a social media.
Then, he became President of Silicon Valley's $600B "Harvard for startups".
Under his leaders
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🚀 𝗔𝗻 𝟴𝟬𝟬𝟬𝘅 𝗥𝗲𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗮 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗘𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗹? Here’s the Story
Imagine getting an email from a 𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙤𝙢 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙖𝙣𝙮 with 0.05 Bitcoin attached.
Would you trust it? 🤔
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It was 2005. Alexis Ohanian was sitting in his law school entrance exam when he had a sudden realization—he didn’t want to be a lawyer.
So, he just walked out mid-exam, went to a Waffle House, and decided to do some