Words of Wisdom from Jessica Livingston
by Scott Edward Walker on September 9th, 2017
To Our Clients & Friends: Welcome to our weekly series “Helping Entrepreneurs Succeed.” Each week, we share a favorite video clip of a successful entrepreneur, investor or business leader on a variety of topics. This week, we present Jessica Livingston, the Co-founder of Y Combinator and the author of the book Founders at Work: Stories of Startups’ Early Days.
In this brief interview with Sam Altman, the current President of Y Combinator, Jessica discusses the key traits of successful founders, including:
- determination (“the most important”)
- understanding your users
- not being distracted
- being flexible/open-minded
I hope you enjoy it. Cheers, Scott