Jessica Livingston at Startup School 2012

Summary

Jessica Livingston, partner at Y Combinator, discusses the challenges faced by startups and the importance of resilience and drive in overcoming them. She emphasizes that rejection is inevitable and that external validation for conservative choices in the past does not guarantee support for riskier entrepreneurial endeavors. Livingston uses the example of Airbnb's early struggles to illustrate the need for determination in the face of doubt and criticism.

Startups face challenges and need resilience and drive to overcome them
Rejection is inevitable and past success does not guarantee support for riskier endeavors
Airbnb's early struggles illustrate the need for determination in the face of doubt and criticism

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