Innovation

Climate tech entrepreneurs are an essential part of reducing and removing carbon emissions.

Climate tech entrepreneurs are an essential part of reducing and removing carbon emissions.

Climate tech entrepreneurs are an essential part of reducing and removing carbon emissions.

Climate tech entrepreneurs are an essential part of reducing and removing carbon emissions.

Climate tech entrepreneurs are an essential part of reducing and removing carbon emissions.

From finding conviction in their ideas to deciding how to grow, detect founders face many decisions.

From finding conviction in their ideas to deciding how to grow, detect founders face many decisions.

Opportunities for responsible AI apps and startups are growing rapidly

Opportunities for responsible AI apps and startups are growing rapidly

Opportunities for responsible AI apps and startups are growing rapidly

Opportunities for responsible AI apps and startups are growing rapidly

Opportunities for responsible AI apps and startups are growing rapidly

Opportunities for responsible AI apps and startups are growing rapidly

Garry Tan, president and CEO of Y Combinator, shares insights from his early career mistakes, observing that the hottest areas for innovation aren’t what you read about in the media – they’re ideas that sound like a bad idea initially, but turn out to be a good idea.

Garry Tan, president and CEO of Y Combinator, encourages aspiring entrepreneurs to view themselves as people who can learn to do anything, not as specialized parts in a big machine. You don’t have to be the best at everything, he says, but knowing the basics will make you more successful.

Garry Tan, president and CEO of Y Combinator, disagrees with a common business adage that there are too few good ideas and too few good people in the world. Instead, he says, the world has innumerable problems but is full of smart people who can use technology to solve them.