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Avi Schiffmann

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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

like go to the club or something, like do other things to like, just, um, just keep thinking about your idea in different places. Um, I think you'll, uh, realize how much of your past stuff has been, you know, just, um, I don't know how to describe it. Like just, uh, not, you're not thought, you know, you don't want to think things through too, too much. Right. But, um,

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

like go to the club or something, like do other things to like, just, um, just keep thinking about your idea in different places. Um, I think you'll, uh, realize how much of your past stuff has been, you know, just, um, I don't know how to describe it. Like just, uh, not, you're not thought, you know, you don't want to think things through too, too much. Right. But, um,

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

like go to the club or something, like do other things to like, just, um, just keep thinking about your idea in different places. Um, I think you'll, uh, realize how much of your past stuff has been, you know, just, um, I don't know how to describe it. Like just, uh, not, you're not thought, you know, you don't want to think things through too, too much. Right. But, um,

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

Exactly. I think people need to get over this, this anxiety of feeling that they're not working hard enough because they're not at their computer, right? Like, as you were just saying, I, uh, I feel like you as a founder are like always working, right? Like, I feel like I'm always working because I'm not, you don't really view your work as work, right? For the most part.

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

Exactly. I think people need to get over this, this anxiety of feeling that they're not working hard enough because they're not at their computer, right? Like, as you were just saying, I, uh, I feel like you as a founder are like always working, right? Like, I feel like I'm always working because I'm not, you don't really view your work as work, right? For the most part.

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

Exactly. I think people need to get over this, this anxiety of feeling that they're not working hard enough because they're not at their computer, right? Like, as you were just saying, I, uh, I feel like you as a founder are like always working, right? Like, I feel like I'm always working because I'm not, you don't really view your work as work, right? For the most part.

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

But, um, you know, right now I am working in a sense and I'm still technically thinking through my ideas. Um, And I'm still open to change, you know, my perspectives and my ideas no matter what I'm doing.

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

But, um, you know, right now I am working in a sense and I'm still technically thinking through my ideas. Um, And I'm still open to change, you know, my perspectives and my ideas no matter what I'm doing.

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

But, um, you know, right now I am working in a sense and I'm still technically thinking through my ideas. Um, And I'm still open to change, you know, my perspectives and my ideas no matter what I'm doing.

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

And again, as most people, the way you probably came up with your stupid startup idea in the first place is probably because you were like, you know, in the shower, you were doing something else, right? And the idea came to you. But as I was saying earlier, you know, a startup is a billion ideas anyways. You will go down a fat idea maze.

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

And again, as most people, the way you probably came up with your stupid startup idea in the first place is probably because you were like, you know, in the shower, you were doing something else, right? And the idea came to you. But as I was saying earlier, you know, a startup is a billion ideas anyways. You will go down a fat idea maze.

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

And again, as most people, the way you probably came up with your stupid startup idea in the first place is probably because you were like, you know, in the shower, you were doing something else, right? And the idea came to you. But as I was saying earlier, you know, a startup is a billion ideas anyways. You will go down a fat idea maze.

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

I think it's important for you to, you know, just keep thinking through some of these things in your mind. Yeah, I guess what I wanted to kind of bring to the table, I guess kind of like a request for startups, I see that YC does this pretty often, is I'm obviously trying to build a chatbot that you form a relationship with.

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

I think it's important for you to, you know, just keep thinking through some of these things in your mind. Yeah, I guess what I wanted to kind of bring to the table, I guess kind of like a request for startups, I see that YC does this pretty often, is I'm obviously trying to build a chatbot that you form a relationship with.

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

I think it's important for you to, you know, just keep thinking through some of these things in your mind. Yeah, I guess what I wanted to kind of bring to the table, I guess kind of like a request for startups, I see that YC does this pretty often, is I'm obviously trying to build a chatbot that you form a relationship with.

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

And I think this is like a category that's very popular right now, you know, regarding AI companionship. But I think like there's a broad use case of chatbots that aren't just like, you know, AI girlfriends, right? I think might be what people are going in their minds immediately to. But, you know, there's a lot of people trying to build

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

And I think this is like a category that's very popular right now, you know, regarding AI companionship. But I think like there's a broad use case of chatbots that aren't just like, you know, AI girlfriends, right? I think might be what people are going in their minds immediately to. But, you know, there's a lot of people trying to build

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

And I think this is like a category that's very popular right now, you know, regarding AI companionship. But I think like there's a broad use case of chatbots that aren't just like, you know, AI girlfriends, right? I think might be what people are going in their minds immediately to. But, you know, there's a lot of people trying to build

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

therapist bots, assistants, you know, mentor things, just fun little games, you know, toys, even kind of more what I'm doing, which is this kind of like, embodied Tamagotchi friend type thing. Regardless, you know, to to have a chatbot that you send more than a couple messages to you want it to, you know, have a good memory system.

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

therapist bots, assistants, you know, mentor things, just fun little games, you know, toys, even kind of more what I'm doing, which is this kind of like, embodied Tamagotchi friend type thing. Regardless, you know, to to have a chatbot that you send more than a couple messages to you want it to, you know, have a good memory system.