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Startup Grind Turns the Tables on Mark Suster

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His father came from Romania. So my family is Jewish and very typical immigration story – his father left Romania at 19, had to get a fake passport in order to get out of the country, left and never went back, and left in the middle of winter and got frostbite. And I’m now managing partner six years later.

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Y Combinator's First Batch: Where Are They Now?

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He talks about the power of Graham’s reputation, and describes that time as “a moment” – one of those opportunities that come out of nowhere and you just have to take. Latin America. Middle East. Y Combinator’s first batch: where are they now? 5th August 2012 by Christopher Jackson. From small seeds grow mighty oaks.