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… might get thrown into a separate pile if you cannot clearly explain what your company is building. The act of communicating what you are building in a straightforward (i.e. simple and concise) way is one of the most underrated skills. This will come in handy in all aspects of running your business, from raising money to convincing po…
Paul Graham, the founder of YC, wrote an article on what YC looks for in founders. The first quality is determination. At YC, he talked about story of Airbnb a lot: the founders of Airbnb completely ran out of money, so they created and sold cereal boxes to continue working on Airbnb. They wouldn’t let anything stop them from making it happen. Only founders with this level of determination can make a startup work, and those are the people YC or any investors want to fund.