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The Student's Guide To Becoming A Successful Startup Founder

Y Combinator Startup Podcast

CHAPTER

How to Play the Credential Game

I remember tutoring some kid in high school and I was doing it to check the box on the national merit scholarship, whatever. If you actually help them, if you care, they're not going to fire you. It is so rare to find products or people who actually care. Especially with young people. People are really impressed when young people care. You're like, teacher is noticed. We don't live in a world where credentials don't matter. How would you tell a high schooler to think about this game?

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