How do you define the difference between working from a map versus looking at the territory?
Replied byGarry Tan
President & CEO at Y Combinator
Niche: Technology
Revenue: Not Publicly Disclosed/month
Location: Mountain View, California, United States
Started: 2005
Working from a map means letting the opinions of traditional investors or tech trends dictate your career. Looking at the territory means examining the ground truth directly. It means co-founding companies with the smartest people you personally know and solving real, physical bottlenecks that you observe firsthand in your environment.
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