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The reduction in compassion that happens when we're all behind computer screens is not good for the world.


Traditional local advertising is not what retailers want. They want not just for you to see an ad - they want you to come into the store, to be a repeat customer and to spread the word.


Do I think every culture will embrace location technology? Yes.


Cofounder relationships are among the most important in the entire company.


Check-ins are cool, but kind of a pain.


Background updating is absolutely the future.


All throughout my life I have been deeply immersed in startups, either because I was running one or investing in them or helping them.


All companies that grow really big do so in only one way: people recommend the product or service to other people.


AI will probably most likely lead to the end of the world, but in the meantime, there'll be great companies.


A lot of people don't love their bank.


It's so important for startups to get their culture right at the start. They need to feel unique and that they are on their own important mission in the world.


Don't let yourself make excuses for not doing the things you want to do.


The only way to generate sustained exponential growth is to make whatever you're making sufficiently good.


I believe that sexism in tech is a real problem.


Anonymity breeds meanness.


There is a lot of stuff I like. I love backpacking. I love going to an island where I can just sit on the beach and read or scuba dive and sail. I do a lot of that. I still go backpacking around Europe in the summers and staying in hostels. I love that.


Tech companies tend to do tech best.


Don't hire for the sake of hiring. Hire because there is no other way to do what you want to do.


One of the things we urge Y-Combinator companies to do is to have profitability in grasp. If you need to get profitable before your A round of money, you ought to be able to do that.


I suppose if I didn't have Loopt, I'd have to, I don't know, pick up the phone and just start calling people, a lot more texting and certainly more Googling.