YC President Amplifies Founder's Take: Team Matters Far More Than Imagined Moats
garrytan · x · 2026-10-22
Garry Tan (YC president) retweeted founder Jason Hong's observation that many VCs sound like: "Your basketball team doesn't have a moat, any healthy human can throw the ball into the basket." Hong argues people who haven't run companies underestimate how much the team matters compared to imagined structural moats.
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