PG and Jessica
>"The entire secret to YC getting going was PG and Jessica—there was no other magic trick."<p>[...]<p>"What did they do?<p><i>They took bets on unknown people</i><p>and believed in them more than anyone had before. They set strong norms and fought back hard against bad behavior towards YC founders. They<p><i>trusted their own convictions</i>,<p>were willing to do things their way, and<p><i>were willing to be disliked by the existing power structures</i>.<p>They focused on the most important things, they worked hard, and they spent a huge amount of time 1:1 with people. They<p><i>understood the value of community</i><p>and long-term orientation.<p>When YC was very small, it felt like a <i>family</i>.<p>Perhaps most importantly, they built an ecosystem [...].<p>This is easy to talk about, but hard to do, because it requires<p><i>not being greedy</i>."