EP 31 Building Hacker Houses Worldwide at 20, Advised by Sam Altman

EP 31: Elim Kalilov (x.com/ElimKalilov) interviews Hardeep Gambhir (x.com/hardeep_gambhir), Co-Founder of The Residency, about the lessons he has learned building international hacker houses. These houses have successful alumni who have been accepted into Y Combinator and having Sam Altman as an Advisor.
0:00 Introduction
03:11 Partnerships and Advisors
05:18 Advice for Young Founders
08:20 Importance of Community
10:40 Building While in School
12:10 Sustaining The Residency
15:10 Qualities of YC Alumni from Residency
18:44 Lessons in Community Building
22:40 Revolutionizing Education
29:40 Advice to 17-Year-Old Self
34:58 Startup Ecosystem of Bangalore, SF, Berlin, Toronto, etc

[@mitch7w]

Great interview. Especially the part about being authentic when seeing others succeeding massively.