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Mr. Startup: Paul Graham, founder of YCombinator, and his "no asshole" rule

Robert Scoble · 102.6K views · 2010-08-25 · 6:59

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Robert Scoble interviews Paul Graham at Y Combinator's Mountain View headquarters as 36 new startups debut. They discuss what YC is, and Graham's no-assholes rule.

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Linked as a source for Paul Graham's no-assholes rule and his comments on early YC funding.

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ashleyreddy · 2010-11 · Recommendation

Your comment is mean spirited. It's meaningless and adds no value. Perhaps you should watch this video. [VIDEO] It's about Paul Graham's no asshole rule.

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O__________O · 2022-10 · Reference

Related links: PG 12 years ago saying average was $17,500 per startup [VIDEO] Last batch count was 240: [LINK] FAQ saying current standard offer is $500,000 [LINK]

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harryf · 2019-07 · Reference

> Sorting people into bins: assholes and victims, is problematic. This is true of anything subjective. There are people (intentional assholes in this article) who absolutely _are_ assholes because it gives them pleasure - their ego or otherwise gains something from hurting others. Everyone in a company knows who they without needing to go through a labelling process. Ultimately it's a problem for leaders in a company, those that should be caring about the culture, to remove such people. Paul Graham described this long ago here - [VIDEO] (starts at 4m20s) - a leader in YCombinator he makes the judgement calls.

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