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I've been working on my doodles if you need a hand again :)

Please do. I have read your work and it is great. Anytime I am struggling with my projects/ideas...I always go back to your work and start from the fundamentals...carefully reviewing my work to see where it could be improved and how to better satisfy the needs of my customers.

Look forward to the re-write and part II.

Can you please provide a glimpse of what you want to address in the re-write.

The audio from voxsnap is a nice addition! Hope the re-write includes it too.

That would be deeply appreciated, thanks, Sam!

There's generally less great content on the idea/0 to 1 compared to the 1 to n stage imho. I've found work from Michael Seibel, Des Traynor, Mathilde Collin, Brian Balfour and others to have been very helpful for the super early product design thinking stage in addition to the playbook.

which parts aged least well? what major trends are effecting the content?

Thank you Sam.

Hi Sam! Can you please interact a little more with the HN community? I realize you are an extremely busy man, but drop in here once in a while and just...comment. Not to stir up a hornet's nest, but weighing in on YC related news once in a while is not a bad idea. Eg- No doubt you and YC are well intentioned people and the YC china move, while controversial, is probably a reasonable move. A private company can only do so much when dealing with powerful nations, and as long as you are not directly aiding governments do all the controversial things you hear about in the news, that's about as good as you can do. What was disappointing for me was this: YC is starting to feel just like any other big company, staying silent on controversial topics and not responding to criticism. I'm starting to feel like there's a disconnect between the community and the company. This makes me sad since YC was pretty much the opposite of what big companies stand for. My advice : be open, respond to criticism, don't stay silent on touchy topics, encourage YC staff to share their opinions on controversial topics. It's ok if your own staff don't agree with you, it's ok to agree to disagree. In short : don't become just another big company. Please note that this comment was made in good faith and please remain respectful in the comments.

Woah wait, do people say "example given" or "egg" instead? I always say eee gee and eye eee.

I say eee gee and eye eee for e.g. and i.e. when reading those out loud. Doesn't everyone?

I'm the co-founder & CTO of VoxSnap. Here's a link to the podcast: https://data.voxsnap.com/podcast/ycombinator.rss

It should be in Google Play & iTunes shortly

Not as a podcast but downloadable. Use Chrome Dev Tools, Network tab you can see each mp3 as it is opened and downloaded. Here's the intro: https://storytime.voxsnap.com/30/audio/2018/09/14/ycombinato...

Either iterate through each section guessing the URL or give dev tools a go.

EDIT: See my comment here for all of the mp3s: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18917784

EDIT: Duplicate

I tried to incorporate using clerky, but not sure if I can set the owner of entity a california LLC instead of a person

can you or someone answer this? -Thanks

Sweet, thanks

It pays to be good seems to be one of the core philosophies.

>So I'm not suggesting you be good in the usual sanctimonious way. I'm suggesting it because it works. It will work not just as a statement of "values," but as a guide to strategy, and even a design spec for software. Don't just not be evil. Be good.

http://www.paulgraham.com/good.html

Not sure YC has any problems attracting companies seeking VC :)

Hi Helana! Really beautiful player, the embedded player looks like it belongs on the page. As a founder, would love to hear your feedback on what you think of Sam Altman's Playbook!

It's available as a podcast here: https://data.voxsnap.com/podcast/ycombinator.rss

Yep. Use Chrome Dev Tools, Network tab you can see each mp3 as it is opened and downloaded. Here's the intro: https://storytime.voxsnap.com/30/audio/2018/09/14/ycombinato...

Either iterate through each section guessing the URL or give dev tools a go.

EDIT: See my comment here for all of the mp3s: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18917784

Feel free to use a podcast app. The feed URL is: https://data.voxsnap.com/podcast/ycombinator.rss

if u reduced it to a nice shareable pdf can u please share a link?