YC President Geoff Ralston concludes Startup School this year with some parting advice, as founders continue on their journey to make something people want.

Transcript and lecture slides here: https://www.ycombinator.com/library/6...

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Chapters (Powered by https://bit.ly/chapterme-yc) -
00:00:00 Introduction
00:00:46 There is no one path - Things to think about in the next phase of your company
00:03:28 - Find your path and make it yours
00:03:35 - - Focus on what matters
00:04:20 Startups are hard
00:04:52 - Things will go wrong
00:05:17 - Geoff experience
00:07:07 - - La La Media
00:08:14 Important quality of a startup founder - Overcoming adversity with determination
00:08:26 - Examples - YC companies
00:10:32 - When in difficult situation - Default to action (write code and talk to users)
00:11:31 - Keep control of your own destiny
00:11:40 Think about the kind of company you are building
00:11:51 - Paul Graham quote and essay on 'Be good' - https://www.paulgraham.com/good.html
00:12:23 - Being good
00:12:28 - - Good and kind to yourself
00:12:39 - - Be good to your co-founders
00:12:57 - - - Founder communication (https://www.slideshare.net/Innerspace...)
00:13:03 - - Be good to your employees
00:13:27 - - Be good to your customers
00:13:38 - - Be good to your investors
00:13:59 - - Be good for the world
00:14:06 Summary
00:15:03 End