A millionaire by age 21, Avi sold his most recent site to execs at Paypal, and continues to devote his time to his love of innovative business. He is a member of YCombinator, the prestigious Silicon Valley incubator, and is the first to be inducted on talent alone, without requiring the established company/business model usually required for acceptance. Avi recently moved to LA to focus on his current project, a music startup called Beatdeck. Software startups, Social Media/Marketing, Music, and swing trading bit coins are his current fascinations.
So a 20-something millionaire who is apparently a successful serial entrepreneur is now groveling for investment by hacking a prominent investor's voicemail? Something doesn't add up.
Also, I didn't realize that entrepreneurs were "inducted" into Y Combinator, or that Y Combinator required applicants to have an "established company/business model."
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So a 20-something millionaire who is apparently a successful serial entrepreneur is now groveling for investment by hacking a prominent investor's voicemail? Something doesn't add up.
Also, I didn't realize that entrepreneurs were "inducted" into Y Combinator, or that Y Combinator required applicants to have an "established company/business model."
Interesting. I wonder if he was the first (only?) person into YC without an idea, but on the basis of the entrepreneur themselves?
That was something they tried out a couple cycles ago, though I think I saw pg say they didn't plan to do it again.