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		zach on March 23, 2007 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why Combinator? Should You Join Paul Graham's Gang... Gang for the gifted? I kinda thought of Y Combinator as a School of Rock for web entrepreneurs. ("One great website can change the world!")

bootload on March 24, 2007 [–]

' School of Rock for web entrepreneurs.'

I cracked up reading this (after having seen a repeat of it) & also because pg's post really does puts the 'gifted' quote from the original post into perspective. You've got to have the 'determination' to build the best damn product (performance) you can.

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