Mr. Startup: Paul Graham, founder of YCombinator, and his "no asshole" rule
Why Hacker News recommends it
Linked as a source for Paul Graham's no-assholes rule and his comments on early YC funding.
What it is
Robert Scoble interviews Paul Graham at Y Combinator's Mountain View headquarters as 36 new startups debut. They discuss what YC is, and Graham's no-assholes rule.
Recommended by 1 HN commenters across 1 different months, 2010 to 2022.
What Hacker News said
Recommends ashleyreddy · 2010-11 · on “My site looks like $hit any designers want to make a couple of hundred bucks”
Your comment is mean spirited. It's meaningless and adds no value. Perhaps you should watch this video. [this video] It's about Paul Graham's no asshole rule.
Cites Hitchhiker · 2011-10 · on “Why female entrepreneurs should apply to YC”
This low rate may also have to do with biases extant in engineering / sciences etc. Couple that with YC's preference for hard-core tech founders ( a perfectly reasonable delimiter ), these results are not surprising. You can see similar composition in YC leadership where Jessica is the only female partner ( [LINK] ) and from my limited understanding, she brings in a much needed balance to their approach. A system that produces great results should perhaps focus on ".. but by the content of their character " - Martin Luther King, Jr. This I think, pg emphasizes via [this video]
Cites harryf · 2019-07 · on “Assholes: A Probing Examination”
> Sorting people into bins: assholes and victims, is problematic. This is true of anything subjective. There are people (intentional assholes in this article) who absolutely _are_ assholes because it gives them pleasure - their ego or otherwise gains something from hurting others. Everyone in a company knows who they without needing to go through a labelling process. Ultimately it's a problem for leaders in a company, those that should be caring about the culture, to remove such people. Paul Graham described this long ago here - [this video] (starts at 4m20s) - a leader in YCombinator he makes the judgement calls.
Cites O__________O · 2022-10 · on “Ask HN: What Happened to YC?”
Related links: PG 12 years ago saying average was $17,500 per startup [this video] Last batch count was 240: [LINK] FAQ saying current standard offer is $500,000 [LINK]