The idea of not kind of sticking on the rails and going to get a high paying job was terrifying it seemed like a huge kind of waste. "I don't think I was especially smart or even like risk taking," says founder Paul Graham about his early days in Y Combinator. Today youtuber is number one most desired profession for Gen Z, but back then there were no role models who had done this.
Kapil Kale (@kapil) talks AI-generated art, going through YC, buying out his investors to own 100% of the company, pivoting from an okay idea to a great idea, and growing a profitable business to 8-figures in annual revenue with Courtland (@csallen) and Channing (@ChanningAllen).