Thiel Fellowship, Y Combinator, and Molding Raspberries? James Graham

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The Seed – The Startup Journey

Rick Liu

67 episodes

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Welcome to The Seed-The Startup Journey – THE Entrepreneurship Podcast sharing origin stories of amazing founders and their companies in less than 20 minutes. This podcast is made for YOU, the curious student, talented innovator, and aspiring entrepreneur! Throughout this series, we will explore various startup journeys by discovering the genesis story behind these startups and gathering advice. Through our conversations, we hope to inspire and plant the seed of innovation in the minds of our listeners. Let's grow together! 🌱 http://start.seedstartupjourney.com/

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Thiel Fellowship, Y Combinator, and Molding Raspberries? James Graham

The Seed – The Startup Journey

22 minutes 23 seconds

4 years ago

Thiel Fellowship, Y Combinator, and Molding Raspberries? James Graham

Imagine switching high school five times (one of which is a school for pregnant teenagers), and getting into NONE of the colleges you wanted to go to...

What do you do next?

Today, we'll be chatting with James Graham, Founder and CEO of Community Phone. This is probably one of the best conversations on The Seed so far. Not just because James used to charge people to see molding raspberries in his locker, but because of his amazing journey going from what most people would consider a failure, to now a founder who’s gone through both the Thiel Fellowship and Y Combinator, both of which have a lower acceptance rate than Harvard.

Magic Portal:

(00:00) – Intro

(00:44) – Molding Raspberries

(01:19) – Have you always known that you were going to be an entrepreneur?

(03:03) – Clearing the confusion

(05:02) – Community Phone

(06:25) – Why this idea?

(09:33) – Thiel Fellowship & Y Combinator

(13:36) – Darkest moments

(16:40) – Advice for aspiring entrepreneurs

(19:49) – Underrated vs Overrated

(21:40) – Takeaways

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