Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel discuss the best approaches to managing the many setbacks startup founders can face over the lifetime of starting and running a business. Apply to Y Combinator: https://www.ycombinator.com/apply/ Work at a startup: https://www.ycombinator.com/jobs...
Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel discuss Paul Graham's essay "Default Alive or Default Dead." They share strategies to cut your company's burn rate and keep your startup alive to see another day. Paul Graham's essay: http://www.paulgraham.com/aord.html Trevor Blackwell's startup growth calculator: http://growth.tlb.org Apply to Y Combinator: https://www.ycombinator.com/apply/ Work at a startup: https://www.ycombinator.com/jobs...
Christina Cacioppo is the founder of Vanta and Wade Foster is the founder of Zapier . Vanta automates security and compliance for startups, while Zapier automates work by connecting with over 5,000 apps. Same, Same but Different brings together two YC founders who will discuss a similar decision they made on their journey to building a growth-stage company. But like every journey, the path getting there and the results are unique to that startup. Christina and Wade flipped the equation of a...
How Vanta’s Christina Cacioppo and Zapier’s Wade Foster took on a disciplined approach to fundraising ande flipped the equation of a typical startup founder. Christina Cacioppo is the founder of Vanta , and Wade Foster is the founder of Zapier . Vanta automates security and compliance for startups, and Zapier automates work by connecting with over 5,000 apps. Same, Same but Different brings together two YC founders who will discuss a similar decision they made on their journey to buil...
Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel discuss the struggles of working at FAANG (Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix, Google) and how to strategize leaving a big tech job to become a founder at a startup. Apply to Y Combinator: https://www.ycombinator.com/apply/ Work at a startup: https://www.ycombinator.com/jobs
Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel take a look at Paul Graham's essay "Maker's Schedule, Manager's Schedule" and share tips on how to be more effective and productive on the journey to creating a billion dollar business. Read PG's essay here: http://www.paulgraham.com/makersschedule.html Apply to Y Combinator: https://www.ycombinator.com/apply/ Work at a startup: https://www.ycombinator.com/jobs...
Diego Saez Gil is the founder of Pachama . Pachama is building a marketplace where companies can support carbon offset projects. The YC podcast is hosted by Craig Cannon . Y Combinator invests a small amount of money ($150k) in a large number of startups (recently 200), twice a year. Learn more about YC and apply for funding here: https://www.ycombinator.com/apply/ *** Topics 00:00 - Welcome Gustaf and Diego 01:19 - Diego's background 06:50 - What is Pachama? 09:25 - Using remote sensing t...
Amber Atherton is the founder and CEO of Zyper (YC W18). Iba Masood is the cofounder and CEO of TARA (YC W15). The YC podcast is hosted by Craig Cannon . Y Combinator invests a small amount of money ($150k) in a large number of startups (recently 200), twice a year. Learn more about YC and apply for funding here: https://www.ycombinator.com/apply/ *** Topics 00:00 - Intro 1:16 - Seed fundraising for Zyper and Tara 3:26 - Tara's pivot 4:31 - Series A fundraising for Zyper and Tara 18...
Laks Srini is the cofounder and CTO of ZeroDown . Before that he was the cofounder and CTO of Zenefits. You can find him on Twitter at @laks_srini . The YC podcast is hosted by Craig Cannon . Y Combinator invests a small amount of money ($150k) in a large number of startups (recently 200), twice a year. Learn more about YC and apply for funding here: https://www.ycombinator.com/apply/ *** Topics 00:00 - Intro 00:30 - What is ZeroDown? 1:50 - How did they test the idea? 3:50 - What did they learn...
Matt Cutts is the Administrator of the US Digital Service and previously he was the head of the webspam team at Google. You can find him on Twitter at @mattcutts . The YC podcast is hosted by Craig Cannon . Y Combinator invests a small amount of money ($150k) in a large number of startups (recently 200), twice a year. Learn more about YC and apply for funding here: https://www.ycombinator.com/apply/ *** Topics 00:00 - Intro 00:36 - Working at Google in 2000 2:48 - Did Google's success feel certa...
Cory Doctorow is a blogger, journalist, and science fiction author. He’s also the co-editor of Boing Boing . Joe Betts-Lacroix is the CTO of VIUM and an Expert at YC. Y Combinator invests a small amount of money ($150k) in a large number of startups (recently 200), twice a year. Learn more about YC and apply for funding here: https://www.ycombinator.com/apply/ *** Topics 00:00 - Intro 00:32 - Adversarial interoperability 7:55 - So what should founders do? 13:55 - Copyright 19:55 - Remixing...
In this week’s lecture YC President Geoff Ralston shares parting advice for all the founders that participated in Startup School. If you want to sign up for next year’s edition of Startup School, you can put your name on the waitlist at StartupSchool.org . Y Combinator invests a small amount of money ($150k) in a large number of startups (recently 200), twice a year. Learn more about YC and apply for funding here: https://www.ycombinator.com/apply/ *** Topics 00:00 - Intro 00:31 - Geoff Ralston'...
We've cut down the tenth week of lectures to be even shorter and combined them into one podcast. First, a lecture from Ali Rowghani . Ali is a partner at YC. His lecture covers how to lead . Then a lecture from Kevin Hale and Adora Cheung . Kevin and Adora are both partners at YC. Their lecture breaks down this year’s Startup School by the numbers and they share tips on what helped companies most. Y Combinator invests a small amount of money ($150k) in a large number of startups (recently ...
We've cut down the ninth week of lectures to be even shorter and combined them into one podcast. First, a lecture from Carolynn Levy. Carolynn is a partner at YC. Her lecture covers modern startup financing . Then a lecture from Jared Friedman . Jared is also a partner at YC. His lecture focuses on advice for hard-tech and biotech founders . *** Topics 00:00 - Intro 00:33 - Carolynn Levy - Modern Startup Financing 1:33 - The basics: form a corporation, need money to grow?, sell a part of the com...
We've cut down the eighth week of lectures to be even shorter and combined them into one podcast. First a lecture from Adora Cheung . Adora’s a partner at YC. Her lecture covers how to prioritize your time . Then a lecture from Kevin Hale . Kevin is also a partner at YC. His lecture is the second part of his talk on how to evaluate startup ideas . Y Combinator invests a small amount of money ($150k) in a large number of startups (recently 200), twice a year. Learn more about YC and apply for fun...
We've cut down the seventh week of lectures to be even shorter and combined them into one podcast. Kevin Hale gave both lectures this week. Kevin’s a partner at YC and cofounded Wufoo. His first lecture is on how to improve conversion rates and his second lecture is on pricing for startups . Y Combinator invests a small amount of money ($150k) in a large number of startups (recently 200), twice a year. Learn more about YC and apply for funding here: https://www.ycombinator.com/apply/ *** Topics ...
We've cut down the sixth week of lectures to be even shorter and combined them into one podcast. First a lecture from Tim Brady . Tim’s a partner at YC. His lecture covers the importance of building a good culture early and shares six things that you can do now to help create a solid foundation for your startup. Then a lecture from Dalton Caldwell . Dalton is a partner at YC and he’s also the head of admissions. His lecture covers pivoting and his advice on how founders should think about it. Y ...
We've cut down the fifth week of lectures to be even shorter and combined them into one podcast. First a lecture from Kirsty Nathoo . Kirsty is a partner and CFO of YC. Her lecture focuses on the most common mistakes startups make with their finances and how they can avoid making them. Then a lecture from Kevin Hale . Kevin is also a partner at YC and he’ll talk about the importance of building a successful working relationship with your cofounders and processes you can use to do so. Y Combinato...
We've cut down the fourth week of lectures to be even shorter and combined them into one podcast. First a lecture from Kat Manalac . Kat is a partner at YC. Her lecture focuses on how startups should think about launching and why you should do it repeatedly. Then a lecture from Gustaf Alströmer . Gustaf is also a partner at YC and in his lecture he covers how to measure product market fit and growth channels. Y Combinator invests a small amount of money ($150k) in a large number of startup...
We've cut down the third week of lectures to be even shorter and combined them into one podcast. First, a lecture from Anu Hariharan . Anu is a partner at YC. Her lecture covers nine common startup business models and the metrics investors want to see for each. Then, a Q&A with Anu and Adora Cheung . Adora is also at partner at YC. During their Q&A they’ll answer questions from Startup School Founders on how investors evaluate startups. Y Combinator invests a small amount of money ($150k...
We've cut down the second week of lectures to be even shorter and combined them into one podcast. First, a lecture from Michael Seibel . Michael is CEO and a partner at YC. His lecture is about How to Plan an MVP . Then, a lecture from Adora Cheung . Adora is a YC partner and a cofounder of Homejoy. Her lecture is about How to Set KPIs and Goals . Last, a lecture from Ilya Volodarsky . Ilya is a cofounder of Segment. His lecture is about Analytics for Startups . Y Combinator invests a small amou...
We've cut down the first week of Startup School lectures to be even shorter and combined them into one podcast. First, a lecture from Kevin Hale . Kevin is a YC partner and a cofounder of Wufoo. His lecture is about How to Evaluate Startup Ideas . Then, a lecture from Eric Migicovsky . Eric is a YC partner and the founder of Pebble. His lecture is about How to Talk to Users . Y Combinator invests a small amount of money ($150k) in a large number of startups (recently 200), twice a year. Learn mo...
Diana Hu cofounded Escher Reality, which went through the Summer 2017 batch of YC. They were acquired by Niantic and she is now the head of their AR platform. She's on Twitter @sdianahu . The YC podcast is hosted by Craig Cannon . Y Combinator invests a small amount of money ($150k) in a large number of startups (recently 200), twice a year. Learn more about YC and apply for funding here: https://www.ycombinator.com/apply/ *** Topics 00:00 - Intro 00:40 - Getting into AR 2:55 - Her first exposur...
Aaron Harris is a Partner at YC and before that he cofounded Tutorspree. He’s on Twitter @harris . The YC podcast is hosted by Craig Cannon . Y Combinator invests a small amount of money ($150k) in a large number of startups (recently 200), twice a year. Learn more about YC and apply for funding here: https://www.ycombinator.com/apply/ *** Topics 00:00 - Intro 00:42 - Seed fundraising process 3:32 - Emailing investors 9:32 - Parallelized fundraising process 12:17 - Meeting with investors 14:17 -...
Jay Reno is the CEO and founder of Feather . Feather is a furniture subscription service. They were in the Summer 2017 batch of YC. You can check out their furniture at LiveFeather.com and if you live in LA, SF, or New York you can try out the service. Jay is on Twitter @jayjreno . The YC podcast is hosted by Craig Cannon . Y Combinator invests a small amount of money ($150k) in a large number of startups (recently 200), twice a year. Learn more about YC and apply for funding here: https://www.y...
Russ Roberts is the host of the podcast EconTalk ( iTunes , RSS , and YouTube ), a research fellow at Stanford’s Hoover Institution , and the author of several books, including How Adam Smith Can Change Your Life . You can find Russ on Twitter @econtalker . The YC podcast is hosted by Craig Cannon . Y Combinator invests a small amount of money ($150k) in a large number of startups (recently 200), twice a year. Learn more about YC and apply for funding here: https://www.ycombinator.com/apply/ ***...
Today’s episode is a preview of the Startup School podcast . We’re putting all the Startup School lectures on their own podcast feed. You can subscribe here: iTunes RSS This is the first lecture from Startup School 2019. It’s Kevin Hale on How to Evaluate Startup Ideas. It’s also not too late to sign up for Startup School . The course just started and the deadline to sign up is August 4th. Select companies who complete the course will also receive 15,...
Anu Hariharan is a partner at YC. Today’s episode is about her recent post, How To Manage a Board . You can find her on Twitter @anuhariharan . If you’re interested in doing Startup School this year, signups are open at StartupSchool.org . The course just started and the deadline to sign up is August 4th. Select companies who complete the course will also receive 15,000 dollars in equity-free funding. The YC podcast is hosted by Craig Cannon . Y Combinator invests a small amount of money ($...
Camille Fournier is a Managing Director at Two Sigma and the former CTO of Rent The Runway. She’s also the author of The Manager’s Path: A Guide for Tech Leaders Navigating Growth and Change . You can find her on Twitter @skamille . If you’re interested in doing Startup School this year, signups are open at StartupSchool.org . The course begins on July 22nd and goes for 10 weeks. Select companies who complete the course will also receive 15,000 dollars in equity-free funding. The YC podcast is h...
Sarah Nahm is the CEO and cofounder of Lever . Lever builds modern recruiting software for teams to source, interview, and hire top talent. They were in the Summer 2012 batch of YC. You can try Lever out at Lever.co . Holly Liu is a Visiting Partner at YC. Before that she cofounded the gaming company Kabam. You can find Sarah on Twitter @srhnhm and Holly is @hollyhli u. The YC podcast is hosted by Craig Cannon . Y Combinator invests a small amount of money ($150k) in a large number of startups (...
