Is It a Good Idea to Buy an Anonymous Car?

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I can't make the transition in my head to see myself living more than ten minutes away from work. Ye, as inherently human like that, you want to make the space your own. And finally, i think a ability to have like a stable cost basis over a period of time. That's what mortgage really does, like, it locks in your payment for 30 years with zero down. You have five years of lix, stable payments. Nobody will raise the rents on you or kick you out, right?

Laks Srini is the cofounder and CTO of ZeroDown. Before that he was the cofounder and CTO of Zenefits.

You can find him on Twitter at @laks_srini.

The YC podcast is hosted by Craig Cannon.

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Topics

00:00 - Intro

00:30 - What is ZeroDown?

1:50 - How did they test the idea?

3:50 - What did they learn from companies that failed in the space?

8:00 - Breaking down the product

11:25 - ZeroDown's customers

13:35 - Expanding to other markets

15:50 - What if a downturn happens?

17:10 - ZeroDown's hiring strategy

20:10 - What are their hardest technical challenges?

22:05 - ZeroDown's breadth and product strategy

26:40 - Customer interviews

28:35 - Should everyone own a house?

29:50 - Home ownership in the future

32:45 - Build something you really want to see in the world

34:40 - Working with his cofounders was the most important consideration