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273 点作者 jameshk超过 6 年前

33 条评论

uptownfunk超过 6 年前
The real question is, do I want to be in a room with 99 other people who wanted to be selected for this so much that they produced a video with answers to these questions? This whole thing is self-selecting for they type of person I&#x27;d rather not be having dinner with.<p>YC produces a ton of great resources that are very helpful, but this is one that makes me scratch my head.
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eslaught超过 6 年前
For everyone who&#x27;s being cynical about this opportunity: This seems like a great way to practice pitching what you do and why it matters. Personally, this seems like an interesting exercise, regardless of whether you get in or not.<p>For anyone else who is interested, it might be fun to have an organized &quot;Show HN&quot; where we exchange and critique pitches.<p>Edit: Since this is getting some upvotes, here is what I propose: I&#x27;ll post a &quot;Show HN&quot; here at around 10am PST on February 15th. People can reply to that with links to their pitches, and then everyone else can respond&#x2F;critique in the replies. (This should leave enough time for people to edit their pitches based on the feedback they get.)
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adpirz超过 6 年前
So I actually think the _idea_ sounds interesting, but this is what sticks out to me:<p>&gt; We’ll invite about 100 people who could use more of a network...<p>&gt;What have you done so far that shows your potential for greatness, adjusted for whatever life circumstances you were born into?<p>To do something great that shows potential, you&#x27;ve probably already built a decent network, so I guess the value add is a network with much greater reach? Also, I&#x27;ve met people who&#x27;ve done astounding things &quot;adjusted for life circumstances&quot;, but this would never reach their radar.<p>Can there be a nomination process? I just feel like the people for whom this idea makes sense would never know to apply or might not even find it applicable. Those people need to be sought out, not expected to show up. Regardless, I&#x27;d be curious who the final 100 are and how they fit the two criteria above.
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jimkri超过 6 年前
This reminds me of charities and other organizations that only want to bring on experts. I really would like to join something like this but I feel that I&#x27;m not an expert in that area. I know I could provide a lot of value and show them ways to look at their problems differently, but I&#x27;m not what they are looking for.<p>I really think people can become experts (to a certain degree) and provide a lot of value and think differently about problems without having years of experience. A great example is the 4Chan user that solved the 25 year old permutation math problem by looking at it from a different lense.<p>Bringing people together to build their network is great. But I really think there is power in bringing people together who have a desire to change something regardless of how much greatness they think they have achieved.
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staunch超过 6 年前
I think what we all want is a lot more more Elon Musks to push the world forward more quickly.<p>But he was only able to create Tesla and SpaceX because he gained a massive windfall from PayPal. That payout could have easily been an order of magnitude smaller, or even gone to zero. He wasn&#x27;t even involved in the company so he got super lucky with that.<p>Even though he had a network of powerful friends, virtually all of them were too cowardly to invest in SpaceX or Tesla, especially after things got hard. They all thought he was a dumb &quot;web startup guy&quot; tilting at windmills and burning up his money.<p>His early investors totally bailed on him. The fact that he could personally bankroll his companies is the <i>only</i> reason they exist today. Having to answer to <i>anyone else</i> would have doomed him to failure.<p>So, you want more Elon Musks? Find super smart and crazily ambitious people and give them massive fortunes.
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thanksDr超过 6 年前
&gt; What are you interested in and what are you working on?<p>I&#x27;m working on liberating child students trapped by coercive institutions. Inmates have a reason for their incarceration, but students are trapped through no fault of their own. Unlike students, inmates in prison have the luxury of choosing what they read.<p>&gt; What have you done so far that shows your potential for greatness, adjusted for whatever life circumstances you were born into?<p>I have been actively working on increasing my influence so I can save those who can be saved during my lifetime. I have been tutoring, and teaching, and teacher training, and running programs in schools, constantly broadening my scope. My experiences working in public schools have convinced me that &#x27;working from the inside&#x27; is a fool&#x27;s breakfast. I am now working on founding a school in a methodical and careful manner so that it can succeed in Toronto and grow to other cities. If I&#x27;m lucky, I&#x27;ll be able to liberate a few hundred students before I die, and the schools will succeed without me.<p>&gt; In a best-case scenario, what do you want your obituary to say?<p>Loving grandson, son, brother, husband, father, grandfather, Ryan checked out at the hour of his choosing and saved 7 lives through organ donation as his final gift. His autobiography &#x27;Not Everyone Likes The Flavour&#x27; lays out his reasoning for ending his life as &#x27;passing the torch&#x27;, exhorting young people everywhere to realize their true power to shape the world. His legacy endures in the schools he founded and the students he empowered.<p>I should be so lucky!
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briantmaurer超过 6 年前
I personally like these questions together:<p>• If you could have the resume you <i>want</i>, what would it say?<p>• If you could write your eulogy, what would it say?<p>(As the company&#x2F;manager&#x2F;advisor: How can we help you to get there?)
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curiousDog超过 6 年前
“Finally solving Physics?” Yikes.
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avmich超过 6 年前
I see tremendous value in these efforts to enrich networks, but have no hope of getting through :( . All I see as answers to entry questions are sure not to give a pass.<p>Are there comparable venues for much larger sets of people? Those who can&#x27;t brag about particularly nice answers to entry questions?
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davidw超过 6 年前
You guys should invite Sonja Trauss, known for her YIMBY activism in the bay area. Housing might not be quite as exciting as some of the things mentioned, but making it affordable makes a hell of a difference in people&#x27;s lives.<p>And it also helps companies and just about everyone else, too, since they might not have to pay <i>quite</i> so much due to the extreme cost of living in that area.
yksugi超过 6 年前
This looks pretty interesting, so I decided to apply. Here’s my application and video in case anyone’s curious: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;goo.gl&#x2F;mhCCNK" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;goo.gl&#x2F;mhCCNK</a>
newman8r超过 6 年前
That obituary question is a bit morbid for my taste - but this sounds like an interesting event. Reminds me of yc startup school but more personal.
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brianmback超过 6 年前
This will be the new model for accelerators moving forward. Condense the most valuable interactions down to a few days and watch the magic happen. Cheaper, less time intensive, and more effective.
ecommercematt超过 6 年前
&quot;a return to fact-based debate&quot;<p>When was this fact-based debating era?
TaylorAlexander超过 6 年前
Not to be confused with Google’s Area 120, an internal start up incubator.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;area120.google.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;area120.google.com&#x2F;</a><p>It’s funny the similarity in name!
ajiang超过 6 年前
Networks like this are extremely powerful for releasing potential energy. As much as I&#x27;d love to see the talks, it wouldn&#x27;t be 5% the value of being in the room.
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radagaisus超过 6 年前
This is frustrating and borderline cringe-inducing to read. YC clearly has their eyes on tapping introvert talent. That&#x27;s a good thing. What’s not is trying to use the same stale tools and programs to catch them. Hint: this is not the crowd that will be comfortable talking on camera, about themselves, answering such bombastic questions. Try again.
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SandersAK超过 6 年前
somewhat unrelated:<p>This is YC&#x27;s mission statement: &quot;Y Combinator provides seed funding for startups. Seed funding is the earliest stage of venture funding. It pays your expenses while you’re getting started.&quot;
mettamage超过 6 年前
I applied.<p>I am looking for people who are interested in transforming education. If me and a group of similar minded individuals are able to make people learn twice as fast, then that would be a huge win for the world.<p>People say that education (idea generation and implementation) comes easy to me. And I also find it the most fun sector to work in.<p>If the ed tech startups of the world are reading this: I&#x27;m available [1]. If you want to be in education too, then let&#x27;s meet up (IRL or online)! My email address is in my profile.<p>[1]: this invitation is also extended to YC.
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koolba超过 6 年前
Will the answers be kept confidential?
gist超过 6 年前
First let me say I think this is a great idea even just the marketing and publicity angle alone. [1]<p>That said I always love the arbitrary numbers they assign such as &#x27;100&#x27; or similar those &#x27;30 under 30&#x27;. And so on. Heinz of course popularized 57 varieties of ketchup (not sure I have seen that duplicated).<p>Why not say &#x27;roughly 100&#x27;. Give yourself the flexibility to go up or down if needed.<p>[1] This is what happens when money meets creative ideas.
airstrike超过 6 年前
I had a conversation with colleagues literally last Friday in which I mentioned a version of question #2. I&#x27;ve always wanted to ask that question to candidates, but felt they would struggle to think of a way to phrase an answer in an interview setting...<p>YC has come up with a very concise prompt, though, so I&#x27;ll have to give this a try next time I&#x27;m out recruiting...
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blizkreeg超过 6 年前
Perhaps a better messaging here would be - if you&#x27;re working on gene editing, nuclear fusion, or some such radical and ambitious project, we want to hear. Tell us the path you took to get to this point, and your ideas for the future. Then select from everyone who writes in?
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rubidium超过 6 年前
WHEW! Sama&#x27;s worldview is so technocractic it&#x27;s rather disturbing.<p>The world is _actually_ shaped by mothers and fathers. Teachers and physical therapists. Doctors and pastors. Friends and romantic partners.<p>...<p>I hesitate to write the following because I&#x27;m not going to express everything how I actually think. But it should add to the discussion...<p>Here&#x27;s an interesting spin on it. I&#x27;ll give my &quot;real&quot; answers and my technocentric answers. Both could be said by accurately. But my worldview aligns much more with the former.<p>#Honest answers<p>&gt;What are you interested in and what are you working on?<p>I&#x27;m interested in creating a world where everyone has a human network of mutual support and care. I&#x27;m genuinely concerned that the technocentrist worldview that seems to consume a generation of our brightest minds will miss the human element of life and lead society in a worse direction. I am building neighborhood-level community with the lower middle class and poor.<p>&gt;What have you done so far that shows your potential for greatness, adjusted for whatever life circumstances you were born into?<p>I work with what I have, to best of my abilities, to love and serve others. I&#x27;m often selfish and mess up. I try to correct my mistakes and hope to get better.<p>&gt;In a best-case scenario, what do you want your obituary to say?<p>Loving husband and father, caring neighbor, and example of a life of service.<p>#Technocentric answers:<p>&gt;&gt; What are you interested in and what are you working on?<p>I&#x27;m building better automation in the tech stack for life science research to accelerate the discovery and delivery of medical care for the sick and dying.<p>&gt;&gt;What have you done so far that shows your potential for greatness, adjusted for whatever life circumstances you were born into?<p>4.0&#x27;s, valedictorian, PhD, publish in fancy journals, design and deliver millions of dollars of research systems to all the major pharmaceuticals, ya ya yah...<p>&gt;&gt; What have you done so far that shows your potential for greatness, adjusted for whatever life circumstances you were born into?<p>Discovered a tailored medical care approach to eliminate deaths caused by cancer. Loving husband and father, caring neighbor, and example of a life of service.
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adamnemecek超过 6 年前
How hard is the 1 minute limit on the video? Is it a big deal if the video is 2 minutes? Some things might take a bit of time to really explain.
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DigiMortal超过 6 年前
I mean, I&#x27;d love to go...I live in Boulder too
whiddershins超过 6 年前
I am having trouble seeing what the deadline for this is. Am I missing something obvious?
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andyidsinga超过 6 年前
curious to know who the &quot;20 people who are already at the top of their fields&quot; are.<p>...wondering why they wouldn&#x27;t publish that so that folks who apply have a better idea who they&#x27;ll be spending time with.
pcmaffey超过 6 年前
100 introverts walk into a bar...
pavlov超过 6 年前
Your chance to have dinner with the next Elizabeth Holmes?
d--b超过 6 年前
&gt; Aside from some basic information, all you need to do to apply is submit a one-minute video with answers to these three questions:<p>&gt; What are you interested in and what are you working on?<p>&gt; What have you done so far that shows your potential for greatness, adjusted for whatever life circumstances you were born into?<p>&gt; In a best-case scenario, what do you want your obituary to say?<p>Ugh... what a terrible selection process...
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jhpriestley超过 6 年前
is this like a tie-in with the HBO series or something?
samstave超过 6 年前
SO, are you going to share the candidates <i></i><i>prior</i><i></i> to the retreat?<p>Can we vote on people we feel should be there?<p>Can we see their submission videos?
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