Ice Hockey To Y Combinator - Sit down with Jan from Trellis
Jan Sahagun turned down the chance to start Trellis.
He was in a job he believed in, he needed the stability, and he said no. So his co-founder applied to Y Combinator anyway and put Jan's name on the application. Jan found out afterwards. He went.
That is roughly how his whole career has gone.
He played hockey at a high level, then collected three master's degrees because he had no idea what he wanted to do. An investment banking internship bored him so completely that he flew to Australia to think, and very nearly stayed to work in the mines. He came back, fell into procurement buying…
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