#152 - Startup School Week 11 Recap - Geoff Ralston's Parting Advice

Y Combinator Startup Podcast - A podcast by Y Combinator

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In this week’s lecture YC President Geoff Ralston shares parting advice for all the founders that participated in Startup School.

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Topics

00:00 - Intro

00:31 - Geoff Ralston's Parting Advice

00:51 - There is no one path

3:19 - Find your path

3:26 - Focus on what matters

4:14 - Startups are hard

4:46 - Things will go wrong

8:04 - Determination

10:21 - Default to action

11:31 - Don't just not be evil. Be good.

13:56 - Summary