About this episode
Caterina Fake hosts the podcast Should This Exist? which is about how technology is impacting our humanity. It launches today on iTunes . She also cofounded Flickr, Hunch, and Findery and is an investor at Yes VC . Kat Manalac is a partner at YC. You can find Caterina on Twitter at @Caterina and Kat at @KatManalac . The YC podcast is hosted by Craig Cannon . *** Topics 00:32 - Caterina's new podcast, Should This Exist? 2:32 - Is there a process for considering if something should exist? 4:02 - Who should be part of these conversations? 5:17 - Wait But Why and the Human Colossus 7:22 - Episode 1 of Should This Exist? 10:17 - Having conversations before things exist 11:42 - How might employees think about their role in whether or not something should exist? 14:32 - Caterina reflecting on her creations and if they should exist 19:02 - Considering whether things should exist as investors 23:32 - Cofounder charter - What you will and won't do 26:03 - Questioning the VC model 27:22 - Working on Wall St, feeling herself change, and quitting 31:22 - Caterina as a student 34:02 - Peculiarity and entrepreneurship 35:22 - "Don't fight to win prizes that aren't worth winning" 38:32 - What was once fringe is now mainstream 40:52 - Kat looking up to Lea Salonga 42:42 - Evgeny asks - How did she get her first 100 paying users? 49:27 - How does she advise founders to find investors? 54:47 - What questions should founders ask themselves while making something?