Geoff Ralston - Parting Advice

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/6u-startup-school-parting-advice This lecture is part of YC's Startup School, a free online program and global community of founders. Register and join the community at https://www.startupschool.org/ 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/InnerspaceSF/innerspace-founder-communication-workshop-june-23-2017) 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