... the thing we see wrong with YC apps most frequently, is that people have not thought about the market first and what people want first.

You really want to know your cofounders for a while, ideally years.

Because so few people make an actual long term commitment to what they're building, the ones that do have a huge advantage.

You should be able to describe any employee as an animal at what they do.

Starting a business is like riding a wave between life and death. If you can hang on long enough, you're bound to succeed

Or a way to stay on strangers couches, that just sounds terrible all around.

Long term thinking is so rare anywhere, but especially in startups. This is a huge advantage if you do it.