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A Conversation with Aileen Lee

Startup School by Y Combinator

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The Characteristics of the Great Investors

i think that there are plenty of people in tech who are pretty mercenary. Like, they're pretty cold, they're brear driven, am they just care about results. And you can win doing them. It's just you have to choose who you wan to be. i'm guessing in your head, you're thinking about brands of companies in your mind that seem like missionary companies or mercenary companies. There are successful companis that are more mercenary than missionary. So i don't think it's complete. You know, i do not know if i totally agree, like, i think em john and i used to do this presentation called, like, there are mercenaries and missionaries, and

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