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The biggest thing that separates successful startups from failed ones is the sheer determination of the founders.
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I don't look for the best pitch. I look for the most determined person in the room.
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Y Combinator has funded over 4,000 companies. The ones that succeeded all had one thing in common: they refused to die.
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Kindness and empathy in evaluating founders produces better results than tough-guy interrogation.
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The best startup ideas are the ones that sound bad at first. If everyone agrees, the opportunity is already gone.
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I started YC because I believed the startup world needed more empathy, not less.