YC Partner Harj Taggar's $500M mistake: A legendary startup advisor shares his lessons

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  • Опубліковано 22 лис 2024

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  • @akshataskitchen.dotcom
    @akshataskitchen.dotcom 2 роки тому +10

    Congratulations Garry for being nominated as CEO at YC💐🎉

  • @davidkuo5702
    @davidkuo5702 2 роки тому +11

    love how this video is made among 2 amazing people exchanging idea and sharing that matters to the growth of company!

  • @chan90s
    @chan90s Рік тому +2

    Applied to YC for product engineer role -Garry, your advice in the comments on building vs investing few months ago had some impact in me taking this leap

  • @alxcnwy
    @alxcnwy 2 роки тому +13

    Love these vids, thanks Garry! Harj is great - he was one of my fave partners in our YC batch (W22).

  • @founderkatelyn
    @founderkatelyn 2 роки тому +19

    yayyy y’all were an instrumental part of us and yc summer 2012. i remember that heroku steak dinner btw :)

  • @DJ0305
    @DJ0305 2 роки тому +1

    Love that MAYC shirt!
    But more importantly: Great video with so many valuable lessons for folks like me that otherwise wouldn’t really have access to your minds! So huge thanks for that 🙏

  • @iN00bman
    @iN00bman 2 роки тому +4

    Love this - such high production quality too!!

  • @chrishallnyc
    @chrishallnyc 2 роки тому +2

    It was awesome to hear Harj’s perspective over so many years of startups!

  • @TalHoffman
    @TalHoffman 2 роки тому +3

    Loving those interviews!
    Pure gold

  • @Intelligence132
    @Intelligence132 2 роки тому +3

    don't listen to anyone. Just do it --> case closed.

  • @chan90s
    @chan90s Рік тому

    Watching this video for the third time. The same content watched at different stages of your growth is interpreted differently

  • @Malgsx
    @Malgsx 2 роки тому

    Definitely appreciate this interview Garry. Learned a lot just from this chat. Keep it up.

  • @saisafetytrends
    @saisafetytrends 2 роки тому

    Harj has a nice t-shirt, wonder what brand that is. I love it when tech people wear quality clothes!

  • @magnamaine
    @magnamaine 2 роки тому +3

    Hopefully they accept me startup idea I'm all the way from south africa 🇿🇦 , great interview by the way 👍 🙏 🙌 😀

    • @letsself-educate6912
      @letsself-educate6912 2 роки тому +1

      Goodluck, I'm applying next year also from south africa 🇿🇦.

  • @saraeissa4954
    @saraeissa4954 2 роки тому

    Garry sweet video! Will you be at LATech week 😅

  • @leoncastillosm
    @leoncastillosm 2 роки тому

    Failure is one more tool in a learning process which, with maximum concentration and performance, we can speed up.

  • @illapuproductions
    @illapuproductions 2 роки тому

    Would love to connect, do you do 15 min intros with startup founders? Based on what we've gone, I think it would be a good fit with you.

  • @sreekarshodhan8823
    @sreekarshodhan8823 2 роки тому

    wowow there is a PHP/MYSQL book in the shelf niceeee

  • @danielgetman520
    @danielgetman520 2 роки тому

    The last topic is something I've been thinking about and I'd love to get your opinion as someone interested in becoming a successful investor like yourself. Which path is more valuable to helping portfolio companies: joining a VC firm after going through an exit as a founder or spending a decade to rise the ranks at a VC firm and see how different startups play out as you've mentioned?

    • @GarryTan
      @GarryTan  2 роки тому +3

      Founder first always

  • @SrikantShirisha
    @SrikantShirisha 2 роки тому +2

    I left my job at Rippling and regret a bit. Not 200M but around 30M.

    • @GarryTan
      @GarryTan  2 роки тому +4

      Hope you at least hit the cliff! :-)

  • @mandrivnyk-evhen
    @mandrivnyk-evhen 2 роки тому

    Thank you for share that advices 👋 and hi from Ukraine

  • @felicialuca6553
    @felicialuca6553 2 роки тому +1

    People should be at the center of things, though. The fact that a company can absorb disfunctionality is not more relevant than people's well-being.
    There is an enormous amount of companies/managers lacking management expertise (both business and people management expertise). They negatively impact the economic and social space, people's sanity and well-being. Lives and generations are affected. And for what?

  • @UNITEdotLOVE
    @UNITEdotLOVE 2 роки тому

    Thank you!!

  • @LiquidityEagle
    @LiquidityEagle 2 роки тому +1

    Not a zero sum game 🔥

  • @MichaelBabich
    @MichaelBabich 2 роки тому

    Garry, great video! Thank you. Is there a contact to send a startup deck or other way to pitch to a partner from the Initialized Capital?

  • @jaymeonjones9831
    @jaymeonjones9831 2 роки тому +1

    Great talk!

  • @Daniel1341-t2p
    @Daniel1341-t2p 2 роки тому

    Wow!!!!! This is crazy!!!!

  • @arjungoalset8442
    @arjungoalset8442 2 роки тому

    Garry pulled Namaste 🙏 on Harj.. epic 😂

  • @johnsmithgumbula4688
    @johnsmithgumbula4688 2 роки тому +1

    Awesome interview, and inspiring as always!
    Sending good vibes from Brisbane, Queensland-Australia.
    How can I chat with you and Harj concerning our Global initiative/venture?

  • @tateprodigy26
    @tateprodigy26 2 роки тому +2

    I actually have this idea, I'm going to sell my Blockchain tech company as a NFT

  • @GabrielSestrem
    @GabrielSestrem Рік тому

    If they sold it to facebook, They would end up selling the majority of the shares before reaching 500M. When you are young you need money. You'll neve leave your equity in a firm in a long term no matter what.

  • @vulcs
    @vulcs 2 роки тому

    Experts were right, Facebook is cringe now

  • @yeeitmete
    @yeeitmete Рік тому

    10:00

  • @Marouanehimself
    @Marouanehimself Рік тому

    12:50

  • @goggins_amazing
    @goggins_amazing 2 роки тому +1

    East or west, I am first

  • @humzakhurshid1952
    @humzakhurshid1952 2 роки тому

    Early gang

  • @rajsuthanofficial7585
    @rajsuthanofficial7585 2 роки тому +1

    Hey Garry Tan, I am working on a new Tech startup and messaged you in linkedIN, I am trying to reach Initialized Capital, please check your Network (name - Rajsuthan Gopinath)