Uploaded April 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Would you make the same decision Gus did? 🤔

“I went from being a broke college student to having a lot of money in the bank…Weeks after, one of the partners at Y Combinator called me on a Friday night and said, ‘You guys are in. You need to quit your roles and go full-time in Mentum.’”

Gus Trigos landed his dream job at BlackRock. Soon after, he received the news that his AI startup, Mentum, was accepted into Y Combinator. A crucial decision followed…

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