Mimmy
Joined 7 years ago
Joined 7 years ago
Choosing to study molecular biology doesn’t mean cells are a human invention.
One of the young students asked exactly this question to which everyone in the audience collectively groaned. The Fields medalist gave a short answer, something along the lines of "I don't know a single mathematician that thinks it's invented."
He was being polite, but you could tell he didn't think there was anything else interesting to say.
If you've already decided you want to build a unicorn and are willing to make take that <1% chance of success, YC will help you. If you want a lifestyle business, you could probably skip YC (though you probably wouldn't get accepted even if you applied with that idea anyways).
MOTIVATION = EXPECTANCY x VALUE / (IMPULSIVENESS x DELAY)