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One thing I believe is that if something is revolutionary, it's going to be revolutionary without you having to say it. This essay made me feel a little unsettled. It described things I find myself doing (solve small problems and let them grow) for the sake of solving problems, which hasn't been popular with all the people working on being revolutionaries in my life. After I read Startup = Growth, I felt I read the YCombinator Manifesto, and so much clarity packed into an essay where most others replace one set of confusing concepts with their own. Together, I think this essay speaks to something bigger that I've believed in. You are the only, and most important start you'll ever work on. learning to learn, recognize, focus on and solve the right kinds of problems is what will make all of the difference. After reading this essay, I get why YC focuses so much on a person's tenacity. I could apply with any of my ideas that mostly live in the future, are useful, functional, valuable, and most of all, simple and obvious. I didn't know if I could belong in an accelerator, but, just for the personal mentoring alone for becoming a better creator of what's missing in the future, I'd do it to just be around the conversations. |