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What Does Vivian Midha Shen Look for in Founders at Y Combinator Besides a Harvard, Stanford, or Massachusetts Institute of Technology Badge?
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Vivian Midha Shen says the founders are loved equally, and the right bones show up early. Some people rally investors, advisors, and customers. Others were groomed at Harvard, MIT, and Stanford to collect badges, and a Y Combinator acceptance is one more badge. The badge collectors follow instructions, spend too little time talking to users, avoid uncomfortable situations, shut down after a single no, or agree to everything and finish nothing.
Vivian Midha Shen looks for the opposite: time with users, a willingness to stay uncomfortable, and a person who can finish something. Being smart on paper is not the same as being able to get the work done.
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