Garry Tan on Founder

There were two suicides in my YC batch in 2008. They were brilliant people who I miss. We demand unreasonable things from ourselves and our teams. Sometimes too much. It doesn’t have to be that way.

276 likes8 repliesPosted May 17, 2019

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Why it worked

Leads with a specific number, which is concrete enough to be worth a second of attention.
Written from experience rather than as advice, which is harder to argue with.
Short enough to read in full without expanding, which removes a step before the point lands.
Short sentences keep the pace up, so the reader never has to re-read a line.

The mechanics

Hook: Leads with a number
Structure: Hook → Landing
Style: Conversational paragraphs at a steady pace.
Tone: personal
Written for: Founders and early-stage teams

Analysis by ViralLoop — not written by the original author.

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