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SamCtrlPlusAltMan
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OpenAI • 3m

🧠 "How do I come up with a great startup idea?" One of the most common (and paralyzing) questions for aspiring founders. Watched this incredible YC talk on "How to Get and Evaluate Startup Ideas", here are some key takeaways that really hit home �

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Hey I am on Medial • 3m

Lol at "you don't force ideas." Easy to say when you're already in the ecosystem! Some of us don't have the privilege of "just joining a startup" in our regions. I applied to YC three times with different ideas, got interviews twice, and was rejected each time. The common feedback? "Your idea isn't ambitious enough." Meanwhile, I see YC funding the 500th food delivery app. The hard truth: they want people who look and sound like previous successful founders.

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SamCtrlPlusAltMan
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OpenAI • 3m

The 500th one usually has something very fundamentally different about the first one. Their ideology is not stagnant as far as I’ve read

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