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Avi Schiffmann

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390 total appearances

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The Startup Ideas Podcast
"Y Combinator Is Overrated" - Inside the brain of this 20-Year-Old Who Built Multiple Viral Products

It is the clear biggest divide between anyone that does anything at all outside, you know, I'm not even talking about startups. I'm talking about again, like just, just anything worthwhile. Um, it is the biggest blocker. I can't think of anyone that wasn't confident that went on to do something that anyone cares about.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
"Y Combinator Is Overrated" - Inside the brain of this 20-Year-Old Who Built Multiple Viral Products

It is the clear biggest divide between anyone that does anything at all outside, you know, I'm not even talking about startups. I'm talking about again, like just, just anything worthwhile. Um, it is the biggest blocker. I can't think of anyone that wasn't confident that went on to do something that anyone cares about.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
"Y Combinator Is Overrated" - Inside the brain of this 20-Year-Old Who Built Multiple Viral Products

That's what I would recommend. There you go. I'm serious. I'm serious. People are way too like, I mean, everyone's different. I honestly, this advice I'm giving is not for, maybe it's not really relevant, but I just implore people to do things in the real world and grow as a person outside of, you know, I'd say focus on real world relationships too.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
"Y Combinator Is Overrated" - Inside the brain of this 20-Year-Old Who Built Multiple Viral Products

That's what I would recommend. There you go. I'm serious. I'm serious. People are way too like, I mean, everyone's different. I honestly, this advice I'm giving is not for, maybe it's not really relevant, but I just implore people to do things in the real world and grow as a person outside of, you know, I'd say focus on real world relationships too.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
"Y Combinator Is Overrated" - Inside the brain of this 20-Year-Old Who Built Multiple Viral Products

That's what I would recommend. There you go. I'm serious. I'm serious. People are way too like, I mean, everyone's different. I honestly, this advice I'm giving is not for, maybe it's not really relevant, but I just implore people to do things in the real world and grow as a person outside of, you know, I'd say focus on real world relationships too.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
"Y Combinator Is Overrated" - Inside the brain of this 20-Year-Old Who Built Multiple Viral Products

I think that is how you grow more than anything in the world. You know, not just girlfriends, friends too, you know, family, things like that. You grow so much from these things. It is incredible. I think it's a great way to focus on basically your personal growth and maybe a slightly more structured way that can lead to basically what I'm saying.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
"Y Combinator Is Overrated" - Inside the brain of this 20-Year-Old Who Built Multiple Viral Products

I think that is how you grow more than anything in the world. You know, not just girlfriends, friends too, you know, family, things like that. You grow so much from these things. It is incredible. I think it's a great way to focus on basically your personal growth and maybe a slightly more structured way that can lead to basically what I'm saying.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
"Y Combinator Is Overrated" - Inside the brain of this 20-Year-Old Who Built Multiple Viral Products

I think that is how you grow more than anything in the world. You know, not just girlfriends, friends too, you know, family, things like that. You grow so much from these things. It is incredible. I think it's a great way to focus on basically your personal growth and maybe a slightly more structured way that can lead to basically what I'm saying.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
"Y Combinator Is Overrated" - Inside the brain of this 20-Year-Old Who Built Multiple Viral Products

Yeah. You just got to kind of like putter around honestly and like just kind of walk around in new environments especially and just kind of make sure that you're right. Like again I think people think I work very hard. Maybe I give that impression off Twitter although I don't think I really do. I'm mostly posting pictures of motorcycles but like

The Startup Ideas Podcast
"Y Combinator Is Overrated" - Inside the brain of this 20-Year-Old Who Built Multiple Viral Products

Yeah. You just got to kind of like putter around honestly and like just kind of walk around in new environments especially and just kind of make sure that you're right. Like again I think people think I work very hard. Maybe I give that impression off Twitter although I don't think I really do. I'm mostly posting pictures of motorcycles but like

The Startup Ideas Podcast
"Y Combinator Is Overrated" - Inside the brain of this 20-Year-Old Who Built Multiple Viral Products

Yeah. You just got to kind of like putter around honestly and like just kind of walk around in new environments especially and just kind of make sure that you're right. Like again I think people think I work very hard. Maybe I give that impression off Twitter although I don't think I really do. I'm mostly posting pictures of motorcycles but like

The Startup Ideas Podcast
"Y Combinator Is Overrated" - Inside the brain of this 20-Year-Old Who Built Multiple Viral Products

I feel like I that how I work hard is in trying to make sure that I'm going to work hard for the right thing. Right. Like I think there's a famous I entirely I feel like I switched my mind on this because I I heard this this thing about I think Einstein back in the day where he's like, if you gave me 20 hours to solve a problem, I'd spend 19 hours defining it or something like that.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
"Y Combinator Is Overrated" - Inside the brain of this 20-Year-Old Who Built Multiple Viral Products

I feel like I that how I work hard is in trying to make sure that I'm going to work hard for the right thing. Right. Like I think there's a famous I entirely I feel like I switched my mind on this because I I heard this this thing about I think Einstein back in the day where he's like, if you gave me 20 hours to solve a problem, I'd spend 19 hours defining it or something like that.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
"Y Combinator Is Overrated" - Inside the brain of this 20-Year-Old Who Built Multiple Viral Products

I feel like I that how I work hard is in trying to make sure that I'm going to work hard for the right thing. Right. Like I think there's a famous I entirely I feel like I switched my mind on this because I I heard this this thing about I think Einstein back in the day where he's like, if you gave me 20 hours to solve a problem, I'd spend 19 hours defining it or something like that.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
"Y Combinator Is Overrated" - Inside the brain of this 20-Year-Old Who Built Multiple Viral Products

Um, and it's like kind of true, right? Like it's so easy to go forwards in the right direction when you're sure that is the right direction, I guess. And like, I think almost everyone that I know honestly works really hard on like the first like it's not even the first direction. It's like the first, like, cause you can, you can keep the same direction.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
"Y Combinator Is Overrated" - Inside the brain of this 20-Year-Old Who Built Multiple Viral Products

Um, and it's like kind of true, right? Like it's so easy to go forwards in the right direction when you're sure that is the right direction, I guess. And like, I think almost everyone that I know honestly works really hard on like the first like it's not even the first direction. It's like the first, like, cause you can, you can keep the same direction.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
"Y Combinator Is Overrated" - Inside the brain of this 20-Year-Old Who Built Multiple Viral Products

Um, and it's like kind of true, right? Like it's so easy to go forwards in the right direction when you're sure that is the right direction, I guess. And like, I think almost everyone that I know honestly works really hard on like the first like it's not even the first direction. It's like the first, like, cause you can, you can keep the same direction.

The Startup Ideas Podcast
"Y Combinator Is Overrated" - Inside the brain of this 20-Year-Old Who Built Multiple Viral Products

It's just like, I think the first angle or the first like starting point of that direction, like people just, um, people just immediately send it. And I think like you do get to a point where you are very, again, in tune with your intuition and you're able to, um, really send it in the right direction at the, uh, you know, in the correct place. But like, I, I just would implore people to, uh,

The Startup Ideas Podcast
"Y Combinator Is Overrated" - Inside the brain of this 20-Year-Old Who Built Multiple Viral Products

It's just like, I think the first angle or the first like starting point of that direction, like people just, um, people just immediately send it. And I think like you do get to a point where you are very, again, in tune with your intuition and you're able to, um, really send it in the right direction at the, uh, you know, in the correct place. But like, I, I just would implore people to, uh,

The Startup Ideas Podcast
"Y Combinator Is Overrated" - Inside the brain of this 20-Year-Old Who Built Multiple Viral Products

It's just like, I think the first angle or the first like starting point of that direction, like people just, um, people just immediately send it. And I think like you do get to a point where you are very, again, in tune with your intuition and you're able to, um, really send it in the right direction at the, uh, you know, in the correct place. But like, I, I just would implore people to, uh,