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Y Combinator, one of the most visible and successful incubator programs in Silicon Valley, held its annual Startup School last week. Startup School is a half day of talks by some of the most visible and successful entrepreneurs in the Valley, and is held on the Stanford Campus. This year, the roster of speakers started with Mark Zuckerberg, and included Ben Silbermann, the founder of Pinterest, Travis Kalanick, cofounder of Uber (a smartphone-based car service), and Tom Preston-Werner, the founder of GitHub, in addition to legendary investors Ben Horowitz and Ron Conway. Here are what I consider the seven crucial takeaways for entrepreneurs.

To read the original article: Critical Takeaways From Y Combinator's Startup School | Fast Company