Dan Romero on Warpcast

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Welcome to @garrytan, CEO of Y Combinator! He’s kindly agreed to do an AMA. Reply with your questions. :)

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@garrytan What motivates you?

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are there any new (or presently debated) points of wisdom that could be added to "The Pocket Guide of Essential YC Advice"?

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gm @garrytan! As an investor, what has been the most surprising lesson that you’ve learned over the years?

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What advice do you give founders on content creation, whether it be building in public on Twitter/Farcaster, creating videos on YouTube, or maintaining a blog?

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why does YC and HN hate crypto? And please don‘t respond with „we love crypto“ or whatever. HN mod capacity is downstream of YC. Users and operators dislike it

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Why does Social need Web3? What are the key pushing and pulling factors of Web3 Social? What condition(s) (i.e. the change of certain factors) could trigger mass adoption of Web3 Social?

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i know that YC has funded things like opensea, coinbase, protocol labs. but i find that that most crypto founders don’t consider YC when starting their company why do you think that is? have you thought about doing more to attract crypto founders?

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How do you think crypto (tokens, nfts) will affect the discussion around employee compensation, especially as an alternative or compliment to equity packages? Does YC invest in token based businesses?

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Why did you register for Farcaster so early but have not been actively updating here? How do you perceive Farcaster?

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@garrytan May I know your opinion on decentralized social? More specifically, how much scale decentralized social can grow in the next 5 years? And how can this be achieved?

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@garrytan when leaving sf was en vogue you decided to stay and work hard to make it better. you can live anywhere you want, so the only explanation for this is love. what do you love most about sf?

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what was one of the most pivotal or influential moments in your life? did you know it at the time, or were you only able to make sense of it looking backwards? thank you for sharing your time and perspective with us. this may be my favorite AMA :)

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@garrytan maybe a weird question but shooting my shot. how did you stay consistent for all of these years? (especially with the many different positions you had)

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thx for doing this, garry what’s your personal vs yc stand on tokens? do you see YC directly investing in companies w tokens?

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Why don't you hang on Farcaster more?

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hey @garrytan! How did building/running Initialized alter your approach to YC upon your return?

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thanks for doing this @garrytan! which area of crypto are you most excited about in 2024?

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gm @garrytan! How many crypto-related companies are in the recent YC batches? Are there any crypto startup ideas you'd like to see that haven't happened yet?

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Hi @garrytan thanks for all these great answers you are giving! I am a current masters student in Louisiana looking for an internship in the bay this summer, any advice for that?

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