People think they need to hire someone to do their PR, but 99 percent of PR in the early stages is stuff you can do yourself. It's just like business development - there's the warm-up intro, followup to build relationships, then add something of value.

Michael Seibel

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Everyone appreciates good food.

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After reading the Elon Musk book and getting a Tesla - he is at the top of my list of inspiring founders.

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I've seen every idea. Ideas are irrelevant. You are judged on execution, and the number 1 way to prove that you can execute is by executing.

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Founders always say, 'I'm going to 'make my thing go viral' - that doesn't mean just adding a share button.

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Good founders can give me a picture of the future that I can believe. And the second that I believe your version of the future, you have leverage.

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I don't understand how you can have product-market fit and not a lot of people wanting your product. The two go hand-in-hand.

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Finding entrepreneurs from diverse and international backgrounds is a top priority for us at Y Combinator.

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Increase your company's average talent with each hire - founders tend to be pretty smart but willing to take on risk. Employees should be a lot smarter and less risk averse.

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One of the things that's so interesting when talking to minority founders specifically is that there is really a knowledge gap in understanding what the risk-reward profile is for doing a startup.

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When someone posts a Socialcam video, all of their followers get an instant notification.

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I think there are two challenges - and one challenge is how to diversify the workforce in the technology industry, and the other challenge is how to diversify the people who are starting companies.

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Minority founders often feel like they are on the outside looking in when it comes to Silicon Valley and tech startups in general.

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You've got to be a special type of guy to strap a camera to your head, especially if you're the first guy to do it.

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I tell founders all the time, 99.9 percent chance of failure.

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My definition of product-market fit is you are drowning in demand - your product is being used by so many customers that you cannot handle all the new people knocking at your door!

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My goal is to make the process of taking and watching videos as easy as it is for photos.

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Socialcam shares Autodesk's mission of helping everybody imagine, design, and create a better world.

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Live broadcasting was something only done by the rich news organizations. So when you bring it to the masses, the public gets really excited.

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It's fairly common knowledge that a startup can't execute on two products simultaneously.

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People are carrying around smartphones. They have a video capture device in their pockets twenty-four/seven.

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