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nostrademons on March 18, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: I Am Sam Altman, President of Y Combinator. AMA

Would you recommend getting cofounders first and then iterating on different possible ideas, or finding an idea that resonates with users first and then approaching people you know about founding a company around it?

sama on March 18, 2016 [–]

Often they sort of happen together--you start going back and forth on an idea with the people that become your cofounders.

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