Elon Musk & The Midwit Meme – Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel

Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel on the midwit meme, how it applies to startups, and the best example: Elon Musk.
00:00 - What is the idiot approach?
00:52 - How and when can overthinking be bad?
01:47 - Advantage to be young
02:37 - Example - Elon Musk
05:30 - Midwit Meme - Fundraising
07:02 - MVPs
08:20 - Co-founders
10:16 - Applying to YC
12:03 - Product Market Fit
13:17 - Trapdoor Decisions
14:34 - Framework
16:21 - Beginner's Mind
16:45 - What Do I Need To Unlearn

[techronin_]

You guys are great together. You’re like a tech comedy duo. It’s like you’re having too much fun while dropping some real jewels of wisdom. Thanks so much for these—it’s a weekly highlight

[testadrome]

I freaking love this series!! Keep the videos coming!

[KrishnaG]

Highly underrated advice, the problem of overthinking to avoid simple but hard things.

[natarajanshanker]

One of the best videos I've seen here! Thanks a ton, Micael and Dalton!

[kevinbensmith]

So valuable! Thx again. For me, it's so important to regularly come back to the YC advice videos and to remind & challenge myself again. The overthinking trap is so easy to slowly fall back into over time.
My only wish: please please release this series as a podcast! :) I want to listen to this on Snipd to highlight my main takeaways and easily come back to them.

[AryanChaurasia]

the quality and the effort these people are putting is so much valuable even though they may have tons of other thinks to do. I like how they want and support new startups community. Thank you all these videos are great and have so much value.

[linhgab]

Very relatable! This video is exactly me. The beginners mind help me move forward. Launched 2 start ups with 2 exits and my beginner mind keeps seeking for sustainable problems and how to solve them.

[sophk]

You guys are so funny! (And also really helpful) This is probably my favourite series on YouTube now. Please keep making more videos! ❤️

[ipip]

I got too many midway suggestions from many startup coaches who have never been a startup founder themselves. Thanks a lot for this video.

[LifeofthePRTY]

I was just searching for this week's episode and was about to go watch something else when you uploaded this video. Thank you Michael and Dalton! Can confirm that I have no idea what I'm getting into, but hey, it works! 😊 #BeginnersMindset

[jim.mcintosh]

These recent videos have been so important for my co-founder and I. Thank you!
I identified a couple points I'm overthinking. I also realized that I'm thankful for some of the idiot decisions my co-founder (neighbor) have gotten right. :-)

[alexanderfrize]

I wasn't sure about the quality of my self-introduction video, but finally created it in 2 minutes and just applied to YC! Thank you! :)

[zainamjad]

These two guys have proven to be life change for me. They are an incredible duo.

[haotang]

One of the most interesting stuff from YC I've read so far dude!

[CallOfCode]

Have fun and don’t overthink it too much. Got it!

[niklasanzinger]

Hitting the nail on the head ... I needed to hear this right now!

[AthulSuresh]

I would have saved most of my life if you guys had published this video 5 years back. Great video!

[slopymo]

Spot on! I actually smiled and laughed today, which did my brain some good. Thanks guys.

[xXMockapapellaXx]

Very helpful video, definitely saving this to my favorites

[yellowcrocsguy]

Do Michael and Dalton share their AirPod set?