Aaron Bai Startup Talk | First Mentor | Ep.3
- Aaron Bai
- Feb 12, 2023
- 1 min read
Startup Talk Intro
I'm Aaron Bai and I got into Y Combinator at 17 years old. Now, I'm building a fintech startup called Affiniti. In the Startup Talk series, I will be sharing my stories and experience throughout my entrepreneurial journey.
First Mentor | Ep. 3 Transcript
Aaron Bai states, "Everyone has that story on how they met their first mentor, their first advisor. For me, I was actually in class when I got a text in the groupchat. Me, my partner, one of our friends.
He said, 'There is someone really important who wants to meet you. Right now! Right now! Come to Berkeley Thai House.'
I said, 'Startup comes first.' Packed up everything. Ran there. I was sprinting like — no — I mean I'm not a runner, I hope you can tell that. I showed up real quick. So did my partner. We were both in class.
And we gave Manny Smith the elevator pitch. He was there having dinner with our good friend. He's ex-US Air Force, you know — football player, Berkeley Haas grad. Just brilliant brilliant startup founder as well with his company.
And, you know, on the spot, he gave us 5, 6, 7 tips on how to make ourselves better. How to raise money. And that's when we knew, we needed to be on the same team as him."
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