Michael Seibel is a partner and the CEO of YC. He cofounded Justin.tv, which was in the winter 2007 batch and Socialcam, which was in the winter 2012 batch.
In this video Michael comments on his essay Why Should I Start a Startup?
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0:00 – Why Should I Start a Startup?
2:00 – Three types of people: people highly motivated when working for themselves, people that could succeed starting a startup or within a big company, and people that could succeed within a big company.
6:00 – How do you decide what type of person you are?
7:30 – Identify bias in advice givers
10:30 – Peer advice becomes less valuable during college