--- title: Encouraged to break the rules | daily.dev description: A commentary on Y Combinator's startup culture, specifically criticizing how YC president Garry Tan encourages founders to move fast, break rules, and bend... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/encouraged-to-break-the-rules-2uqxu5fu4 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Encouraged to break the rules | daily.dev og:description: A commentary on Y Combinator's startup culture, specifically criticizing how YC president Garry Tan encourages founders to move fast, break rules, and bend... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/encouraged-to-break-the-rules-2uqxu5fu4 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/2uQXu5Fu4.png og:image:alt: Encouraged to break the rules og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Encouraged to break the rules **[ThePrimeTime](https://daily.dev/sources/primeagen)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A commentary on Y Combinator's startup culture, specifically criticizing how YC president Garry Tan encourages founders to move fast, break rules, and bend norms. The speaker defends founders who allegedly broke rules by pointing to the pressure-cooker environment YC fosters, where founders are constantly told they'll be left behind if they don't move aggressively. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [The Silicon Valley Founder Meat Grinder](https://daily.dev/posts/the-silicon-valley-founder-meat-grinder-qm5as7hvp) · Hacker News · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/encouraged-to-break-the-rules-2uqxu5fu4) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Encouraged to break the rules","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/encouraged-to-break-the-rules-2uqxu5fu4","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/encouraged-to-break-the-rules-2uqxu5fu4"},"datePublished":"2026-04-23T13:07:32.763Z","dateModified":"2026-04-23T13:07:47.622Z","description":"A commentary on Y Combinator's startup culture, specifically criticizing how YC president Garry Tan encourages founders to move fast, break rules, and bend...","image":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/7Xdk-tETEng/sddefault.jpg","thumbnailUrl":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/7Xdk-tETEng/sddefault.jpg","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"ThePrimeTime","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"ThePrimeTime","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--J5-GjDeo--/f_auto/v1704628081/logos/primeagen.jpg","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/primeagen"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/encouraged-to-break-the-rules-2uqxu5fu4","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"","timeRequired":"PT1M","video":{"@type":"VideoObject","name":"Encouraged to break the rules","description":"A commentary on Y Combinator's startup culture, specifically criticizing how YC president Garry Tan encourages founders to move fast, break rules, and bend...","thumbnailUrl":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/7Xdk-tETEng/sddefault.jpg","uploadDate":"2026-04-23T13:07:32.763Z","duration":"PT1M","url":"https://api.daily.dev/r/2uQXu5Fu4","embedUrl":"https://www.youtube.com/embed/7Xdk-tETEng"}} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"ThePrimeTime","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/primeagen"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Encouraged to break the rules"}]} ```