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Re:Before the Startup by dheer01 on Wednesday October 01, 2014 @11:58PM (#8399358)
"[1] Some founders listen more than others, and this tends to be a predictor of success. One of the things I remember about the Airbnbs during YC is how intently they listened."

- Looks like a case of survivor bias. How many founders who listened as intently did not build Airbnbs ?

"[4] What should you do if your true calling is gaming the system? Management consulting."

- Nailed it.

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Re:Before the Startup by kiba on Thursday October 02, 2014 @12:14AM (#8399395)
- Looks like a case of survivor bias. How many founders who listened as intently did not build Airbnbs ?

There were also examples of failure in their portfolio.

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Re:Before the Startup by namenotrequired on Friday October 03, 2014 @04:10AM (#8404688)
I don't think it's survivor bias. PG wrote about the opposite as well about the worst startups they funded: "I could never quite tell if they understood what I was saying."

http://www.paulgraham.com/word.html

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