#113 - Caterina Fake and Kat Manalac

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<p><a href="https://twitter.com/Caterina">Caterina Fake</a> hosts the podcast <a href="http://applepodcasts.com/ShouldThisExist">Should This Exist?</a>&nbsp;which is about how technology is impacting our humanity. It launches today <a href="http://applepodcasts.com/ShouldThisExist">on iTunes</a>. She also cofounded Flickr, Hunch, and Findery and is an investor at <a href="https://yes.vc/">Yes VC</a>.<br><br><a href="https://twitter.com/KatManalac">Kat Manalac</a> is a partner at YC.<br><br>You can find Caterina on Twitter at <a href="https://twitter.com/Caterina">@Caterina</a> and Kat at <a href="https://twitter.com/KatManalac">@KatManalac</a>.<br><br>The YC podcast is hosted by <a href="https://twitter.com/CraigCannon">Craig Cannon</a>.<br><br>***<br></p><p><b>Topics<br></b><br>00:32 - Caterina's new podcast, Should This Exist?<br><br>2:32 - Is there a process for considering if something should exist?<br><br>4:02 - Who should be part of these conversations?<br><br>5:17 - Wait But Why and the Human Colossus<br><br>7:22 - Episode 1 of Should This Exist?<br><br>10:17 - Having conversations before things exist<br><br>11:42 - How might employees think about their role in whether or not something should exist?<br><br>14:32 - Caterina reflecting on her creations and if they should exist<br><br>19:02 - Considering whether things should exist as investors<br><br>23:32 - Cofounder charter - What you will and won't do<br><br>26:03 - Questioning the VC model<br><br>27:22 - Working on Wall St, feeling herself change, and quitting<br><br>31:22 - Caterina as a student<br><br>34:02 - Peculiarity and entrepreneurship<br><br>35:22 - "Don't fight to win prizes that aren't worth winning"<br><br>38:32 - What was once fringe is now mainstream<br><br>40:52 - Kat looking up to Lea Salonga<br><br>42:42 - Evgeny asks - How did she get her first 100 paying users?<br><br>49:27 - How does she advise founders to find investors?<br><br>54:47 - What questions should founders ask themselves while making something?</p>