Silicon Valley legend y Combinator: The Myth of the Entrepreneurial accelerator

Beijing Time September 27 news, according to foreign media reports, entrepreneurial accelerator Y Combinator now has become the legend of Silicon Valley, it supports start-ups and provide a guide to entrepreneurship. However, it is unclear whether Y Combinator can expand its audience. Randall-Stross's new book, Launch Pad, in Thursday, Randall Stross (Randall Stross) will launch its new book launch pad (the Launch Pad), which records the behind-the-scenes story of the three-month training start-up program in a reality-TV perspective. Stross, a columnist for The New York Times, has previously published a book on Silicon Valley and the dotcom era, the "Godfather of Silicon Valley" (Eboys). Stross has followed the 2011-Year Y Combinator Summer class incubation course from 64 start-up companies for interviews, 150,000-dollar investments from top VCs, business strategy decisions to the final demo day results show. Paul Graham, the founder of Y Combinator, said the book was "quite accurate." Graham's comments on the book can be summed up as "I think readers will find it interesting to read this book." In my opinion, this book is interesting from Three o'clock, first, it is based on firsthand observation data written, second, for most people this is a new topic, third, it has a broader revelation. "Launch pad" in this book, did not reveal too many surprising secrets, and some only for the start-up of various strategies for the people who want to start a business is very practical. The following is a telephone interview with the author of Stross, who tracks the Y Combinator Accelerator project and presents a different perspective on what the person who is experiencing is thinking. Do you think there is a wider scope for the behind-the-scenes story of Y Combinator? "Vanity Fair" has an excerpt from the book's chapters and is titled "Who Wants to be a billionaire", a very inspirational headline that can be widely attracted to audiences. The development potential of startups is in the form of economic power, and I want to know, is this the message you want to send to the public? Stross: I think the founders of the YC program aren't really doing it to be a billionaire. That's just the title of "Vanity Fair". I think a lot of founders are motivated to start their own projects without having to hire employees. In addition, they enjoy full autonomy. Today's YC is essentially an entrepreneurial accelerator that encourages the spirit of hackers, most of which are composed of technicians. Therefore, they do not have to show the project model to the co-founder of the non-technical origins. However, the project Codecademy, the YC summer class, first extended to a technical person, teaching a non-technicalHow the user programmed the operation. Speaking of Codecademy, it seems to be one of the most interesting stories in the book, breaking all the rules and expectations, because they didn't know what they were doing, but then they developed the most promising company. Stross: Yes, what I didn't expect was that many of the ideas in YC's class were actually in the trial phase. In the course, many companies have changed their minds, and some companies have changed their thinking even after Demo day and financing, which investors view as predictable.