10 Habits PhDs Must Unlearn To Build a Startup | Startup School

Google, Anthropic, and Databricks were all started by founders with PhDs. But they’re the exceptions. Most academic founders fail, because the instincts that get you published are the ones that can get you killed in a startup. Francois Chaubard knows both sides. He’s a visiting partner at YC and a current PhD student, and before that he was a researcher in Fei-Fei Li’s lab and the founder and CEO of Focal. In this episode of Startup School, Francois breaks down the ten mindset shifts you have to make to go from researcher to formidable founder. He'll cover how to thrive without deadlines or grades, the difference between an interesting idea and an important one, and why being the first to an idea can actually be a disadvantage. Chapters: 00:00 - Why academics struggle as founders 00:53 - Vanity metrics vs. what people want 01:45 - Interesting vs. important 02:27 - Novelty vs. plagiarism 03:54 - There is no finish line 04:32 - Get on a plane and talk to people 05:53 - Hyperbole is okay 06:28 - The 70% rule 07:11 - You can't delegate the hard stuff 07:52 - Become a capitalist 08:16 - Nobody cares how smart you are 09:04 - Get out of your office Apply to Y Combinator: https://www.ycombinator.com/apply Work at a startup: https://www.ycombinator.com/jobs

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