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Henry Allen's avatar

Introducing yourself as generic ‘x’ in your case *student*, is such a good way to assess other people’s intentions.

Also you often get a much better reaction when you delay detailing your achievements!

Nice post bro!

Shahar Dagan's avatar

So true Henry

Hannah Tao's avatar

HELLO i just found this hahaha. still one of my summer highlights ;) now look at how things turned out this season hehe, glad to hear that YC was a decision you made on your own timeline 🫡 when i found you on linkedin i was so proud

Daniil Bekirov's avatar

heey, yeah time flies by

I ACTUALLY MET FRANK AGAIN IN SF AND IN THE YC OFFICE

proof that this is a small world

Hannah Tao's avatar

BRO INSANEE i still see him often, needa do a full meetup one of these days. i'll be cheering u on in the meantime :)

Jai Kumaar Ratadia's avatar

Love this. Any book suggestions? Love knowing what other people are reading.

Daniil Bekirov's avatar

Zero to one, mom test, shoe dog

Shahar Dagan's avatar

Really well written Daniil. Loved your take on elitism and fully agree with your thoughts.

I particularly liked your thoughts on building a startup. It's really cool you're writing this! Also really cool pictures!

kolya_maklakov's avatar

Just saw your page on LinkedIn and decided to follow the Substack as well. I completely agree on the part where you mentioned, how you can distinguish people just by the way they speak. Wanna say that you are a nice guy to learn from and good luck with Sparkles😉