Six years ago Paul Graham launched Y Combinator, and created a new process for funding and developing startups. Y Combinator brings selected entrepreneurs to Silicon Valley for a few months, and gives them some, but not a lot of, funding ($18,000). The conceit is that the money is not so much the key to getting a successful business off the ground. Rather, it is the training that matters. And that training is hard to come by in traditional educational institutions.
So the question then is "who is Y Combinator looking to tap for this training?" That`s the question that Charlie Rose asked Graham at the TechCrunch Disrupt Conference. And Graham`s answers might surprise you. He`s not looking for simply the "best and brightest."
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05-25-2011 4:51 AM
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Graham Griffith
Filed under: Charlie Rose, education, startups, entrepreneurs, Y Combinator, Paul Graham, starting a business, characteristics in startups, flexibility, techcrunch disrupt, naughtiness, techcrunch