Today, I’m excited to sit down with Harj Taggar, Group Partner at Y Combinator and an old friend that gave me my first job as designer-in-residence with him at YC. We talk about Y Combinator, Startups, and his $500 million mistake saying no to Facebook.

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Harj Taggar on Twitter: https://twitter.com/harjtaggar?lang=en

00:00 Harj's $500M mistake
4:34 What founders can learn from 9-digit mistakes
5:49 How to tell the difference between a Theranos and a Facebook
8:21 How Harj became a great investor
9:58 Startup quality is up a lot
13:47 How an open web form changed how startups are funded
16:12 First time founders need a community to win
19:21 One year of working with a YC batch = a lifetime in VC

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