Thiel Fellowship, Y Combinator, and Molding Raspberries? James Graham - a podcast by Rick Liu

Imagine switching high school five times (one of which is a school for pregnant teenagers), and getting into NONE of the colleges you wanted to go to...  

What do you do next?  

Today, we'll be chatting with James Graham, Founder and CEO of Community Phone. This is probably one of the best conversations on The Seed so far. Not just because James used to charge people to see molding raspberries in his locker, but because of his amazing journey going from what most people would consider a failure, to now a founder who’s gone through both the Thiel Fellowship and Y Combinator, both of which have a lower acceptance rate than Harvard.  

Magic Portal:

(00:00) – Intro

(00:44) – Molding Raspberries

(01:19) – Have you always known that you were going to be an entrepreneur?

(03:03) – Clearing the confusion

(05:02) – Community Phone

(06:25) – Why this idea?

(09:33) – Thiel Fellowship & Y Combinator

(13:36) – Darkest moments

(16:40) – Advice for aspiring entrepreneurs

(19:49) – Underrated vs Overrated

(21:40) – Takeaways

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