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How Future Billionaires Get Sh*t Done

Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel take a look at Paul Graham's essay "Maker's Schedule, Manager's Schedule" and share tips on how to be more effective and productive on the journey to creating a billion dollar business. Read PG's essay here: http://www.paulgraham.com/makersschedule.html Apply to Y Combinator: https://yc.link/DandM-apply Work at a Startup: https://yc.link/DandM-jobs Chapters (Powered by https://bit.ly/chapterme-yc) - 00:00 - How Future Billionaires Get Sh*t Done 00:38 - PG Essay 01:18 - Maker Schedule 03:59 - The Right Time 05:01 - Structure of YC 05:59 - Manager Schedule 06:36 - Meetings 07:38 - Visible KPIs 09:38 - Your Main Focus 10:51 - Great founders not do 👇 11:01 - Social Media 13:33 - Tools for Time 14:10 - Startup Mentorship 16:00 - Hedging Bets

Michael SeibelhostDalton Caldwellhost
Mar 31, 202220mWatch on YouTube ↗

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EPISODE INFO

Released
March 31, 2022
Duration
20m
Channel
Y Combinator
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel take a look at Paul Graham's essay "Maker's Schedule, Manager's Schedule" and share tips on how to be more effective and productive on the journey to creating a billion dollar business. Read PG's essay here: http://www.paulgraham.com/makersschedule.html Apply to Y Combinator: https://yc.link/DandM-apply Work at a Startup: https://yc.link/DandM-jobs Chapters (Powered by https://bit.ly/chapterme-yc) - 00:00 - How Future Billionaires Get Sh*t Done 00:38 - PG Essay 01:18 - Maker Schedule 03:59 - The Right Time 05:01 - Structure of YC 05:59 - Manager Schedule 06:36 - Meetings 07:38 - Visible KPIs 09:38 - Your Main Focus 10:51 - Great founders not do 👇 11:01 - Social Media 13:33 - Tools for Time 14:10 - Startup Mentorship 16:00 - Hedging Bets

SPEAKERS

  • Michael Seibel

    host

    Partner at Y Combinator and longtime startup founder/executive who advises early-stage founders.

  • Dalton Caldwell

    host

    Partner at Y Combinator and startup founder who mentors early-stage companies on building and productivity.

EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Y Combinator, featuring Michael Seibel and Dalton Caldwell, How Future Billionaires Get Sh*t Done explores maker Schedules, Visible KPIs, and Avoiding Time Sinks Define Productive Founders Drawing on Paul Graham's maker versus manager schedule idea, the hosts explain that programmers and other deep-work roles need long uninterrupted blocks, while business roles can tolerate shorter slots.

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