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The right time to hire at a startup is probably later than you thinkLet me tell you a tale of two startups.
Updated July 20, 20225 min read
Let me tell you a tale of two startups.
It was a million-dollar mistake.
A funny thing started happening in the face of rising education costs and a looming student debt bubble: massive open online courses (MOOCs). Offered by universities everywhere from Stanford to University of Washington, the model has the potential to upend the traditional education model. While open online courses are certainly revolutionary, their business model remains uncertain.
“The way to get startup ideas is not to try to think of startup ideas. It’s to look for problems, preferably problems you have yourself.” These are the words that kicked off a blog post this month by Paul Graham, the founder of Y Combinator and among the best known funders and advisers to entrepreneurs.