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The Student's Guide To Becoming A Successful Startup Founder
00:24:21
If you're a high school or college student with big dreams of starting your own company, this video is for you. Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel, two startup founders who started in the early 20s and are now top investors, sit down to share the hard-won advice they wish they had known back in high school. Whether you're already running your own startup or just have an idea you can't stop thinking about, Dalton and Michael cover the skills you need to learn now and how to set yourself up for success after graduating school. Why YC? https://www.ycombinator.com/why Apply to Y Combinator: https://www.ycombinator.com/apply/ Work at a Startup: https://www.ycombinator.com/jobs |
Apr 25, 2023 |
Inside The Most Powerful Startup Community In The World
00:05:59
Y Combinator is well-known for producing companies like Airbnb, Stripe, Coinbase and more. But what's the real story behind the success of YC and the companies they fund? This is everything you need to know about the program. Why YC? https://www.ycombinator.com/why Apply to Y Combinator: https://www.ycombinator.com/apply/ |
Apr 21, 2023 |
How Startup Fundraising Works with Brad Flora | Startup School
00:28:11
YC Group Partner Brad Flora has seen startup fundraising from every angle: as a founder, as one of the most prolific angel investors in Silicon Valley, and now as a YC Group Partner. Brad has coached hundreds of companies on fundraising. In this talk, he shares stories and advice on how modern startup fundraising works. Paul Graham Fundraising Essays: http://www.paulgraham.com/fundraising.html http://www.paulgraham.com/startupfunding.html http://www.paulgraham.com/convince.html http://www.paulgraham.com/herd.html Geoff Ralston's Fundraising Guides: https://www.ycombinator.com/library/4A-a-guide-to-seed-fundraising https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcevHkNGrWQ YC Fundraising Resources: https://www.ycombinator.com/library/2u-how-to-build-your-seed-round-pitch-deck https://www.ycombinator.com/library/6q-how-to-pitch-your-startup https://www.ycombinator.com/library/71-how-to-get-meetings-with-investors-and-raise-money https://www.ycombinator.com/library/4O-raising-money-online-advice-for-startups https://www.ycombinator.com/library/3u-different-types-of-investors-and-their-incentives Apply to Y Combinator: https://www.ycombinator.com/apply/ Work at a startup: https://www.ycombinator.com/jobs |
Apr 18, 2023 |
How to Build An MVP with Michael Seibel | Startup School
00:16:52
YC Group Partner, Michael Seibel, explains how to build a minimum viable product (MVP) for your startup idea. Using examples from real YC companies, Michael walks through how to determine your MVP feature set, build prototypes and demos for user testing, and present your MVP to early customers or investors. Apply to Y Combinator: https://www.ycombinator.com/apply/ Work at a startup: https://www.ycombinator.com/jobs |
Apr 14, 2023 |
How To Earn Customers For Life
00:12:58
In this first in-person episode, Michael Seibel and Dalton Caldwell reveal how startups can gain a competitive advantage by doing something deceptively simple. They share compelling stories of companies that built loyal relationships and achieved success by making personal connections with users. In contrast, they discuss the traps early-stage founders make by trying to emulate big tech. If you want to build a business that customers love and that thrives in the long run, this advice on why caring deeply about your customers is key. |
Mar 14, 2023 |
The REAL Potential of Generative AI
00:20:02
What is a large language model? How can it be used to enhance your business? In this conversation, Ali Rowghani, Managing Director of YC Continuity, talks with Raza Habib, CEO of Humanloop, about the cutting-edge AI powering innovations today—and what the future may hold. They discuss how large language models like Open AI's GPT-3 work, why fine-tuning is important for customizing models to specific use cases, and the challenges involved with building apps using these models. If you're curious about the ethical implications of AI, Raza shares his predictions about the impact of this quickly developing technology on the industry and the world at large. |
Mar 06, 2023 |
The Hard Conversations Founders Don't Want to Have
00:21:23
Y Combinator group partners Michael Seibel and Dalton Caldwell discuss the importance of having honest and difficult conversations with startup founders. While having hard conversations can be uncomfortable, Michael and Dalton argue that this transparency is essential for founders to grow and ultimately, these experiences help founders have their own hard conversations that they've been avoiding with the people around them. |
Mar 01, 2023 |
The Best Way To Launch Your Startup with Kat Mañalac | Startup School
00:21:07
YC's Kat Mañalac wants to change the way you think about launching. In her talk, she shares the multitude of ways to launch and get attention for your product, with tangible strategies and examples from companies like Airbnb. |
Feb 24, 2023 |
Advantages Of A First-Time Founder
00:21:52
Step inside the Group Partner Lounge to hear Y Combinator Group Partners Harj Taggar, Michael Seibel and Brad Flora discuss the advantages of being a first-time founder and the instances when it pays to have experience founding a startup in the past. |
Feb 17, 2023 |
The Cult of Conformity in Silicon Valley
00:17:57
What happens when the unconventional becomes conventional? Michael Seibel and Dalton Caldwell discuss how the startup world has changed from being dominated by outsiders and nonconformists to now attracting more mainstream conformists looking for status and money. They share stories of what the tech scene was like when they were in school - and how radically different it is today, while offering their advice around navigating a world that doesn't always reward nonconformists embarking on risky entrepreneurial journeys. Don't just think different, act different. |
Feb 10, 2023 |
Don't Make These Hiring Mistakes
00:19:44
Step inside the Group Partner Lounge to hear Y Combinator Group Partners Harj Taggar, Michael Seibel and Brad Flora discuss the many different mistakes founders make when they approach hiring for their startup and how to grow your team the correct way. |
Jan 26, 2023 |
Keys To Successful Co-Founder Relationships with Cat Li & Divya Bhat | Startup School
00:31:44
How do you find a co-founder and build a great partnership? YC's Catheryn Li (who also built our Co-Founder Matching tool) and Visiting Partner Divya Bhat cover the importance of having co-founders, how to get & vet one, and the ways to build a successful working relationship with them. |
Jan 24, 2023 |
How To Compete With Amazon and Google
00:16:04
Step inside the Group Partner Lounge to hear Y Combinator Group Partners Harj Taggar, Michael Seibel and Brad Flora discuss the traps founders often fall into when looking at the competition. They identify the particular types of companies you should watch out for and many more you are wasting your time worrying about. |
Jan 18, 2023 |
The Secrets To Setting Smarter Goals
00:29:12
If you're looking to maximize your startup's potential, start by setting the right goals. Michael Seibel and Dalton Caldwell provide tips and strategies for setting goals that will help keep you and your new business focused on success—plus provide examples of bad goals to avoid. |
Jan 16, 2023 |
Investors Said No, Now What?
00:15:50
Step inside the Group Partner Lounge to hear Y Combinator Group Partners Harj Taggar, Michael Seibel and Brad Flora discuss how you should handle rejection from investors and why you should "believe the no, not the why." |
Jan 12, 2023 |
When to Launch Your Startup and When to Wait
00:13:40
Step inside the group partners' lounge to hear Y Combinator Partners Harj Taggar, Michael Seibel and Brad Flora discuss how startups should approach launching and the exceptions to the rules. |
Jan 11, 2023 |
How to Get Your First Customers with Gustaf Alströmer | Startup School
00:22:53
How do you get your first customers? YC Group Partner & former Head of Growth at Airbnb, Gustaf Alströmer, gives tactical advice to answer this question for all kinds of companies — whether you're B2B or B2C — and discusses why it's important for founders to do sales early on. |
Jan 03, 2023 |
Startup Business Models and Pricing with Aaron Epstein | Startup School
00:32:44
One of the most common topics that founders ask us about is pricing and monetization. In this talk, YC Group Partner Aaron Epstein outlines 9 different business models, and highlights lessons from top YC companies on how to best monetize and price your product. |
Dec 27, 2022 |
How to Talk to Users with Gustaf Alströmer | Startup School
00:17:30
YC often says "talk to your users", but actually doing that is surprisingly tricky. YC Group Partner Gustaf Alströmer gives non-obvious advice on how to talk to both current and potential users, how to run a great user interview, and how to interpret the feedback in these conversations. |
Dec 20, 2022 |
How to Get and Evaluate Startup Ideas with Jared Friedman | Startup School
00:32:21
YC's Jared Friedman shares a framework for how to get and evaluate startup ideas. He delves into examples of YC companies and the inside stories of how they came up with the ideas that turned into billion-dollar companies. Even if you have an existing idea, this talk helps founders confirm that their idea is good and/or provides a framework for a future pivot. |
Dec 15, 2022 |
Should You Start a Startup? with Harj Taggar | Startup School
00:17:13
In this episode of Startup School, YC Group Partner Harj Taggar shares his advice on the types of people best suited to be startup founders and how to prepare to start a company in the future. |
Dec 13, 2022 |
Avoid These Tempting Startup Ideas
00:28:59
Thinking of a new startup idea? Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel discuss the types of ideas to stay away from—what we commonly refer to as "tarpit ideas." |
Dec 01, 2022 |
The Truth About Y Combinator
00:26:41
With the YC S22 batch coming to a close, Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel reflect on the recent batch and their experience fundraising. The two group partners also clear up some misconceptions about Y Combinator based on feedback from founders. |
Nov 29, 2022 |
The Two Mindsets That Can Kill Your Startup
00:24:35
Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel discuss the qualities that make a founder overly optimistic or far too pessimistic about their startup. Where is the right middle ground? |
Nov 24, 2022 |
What Basic Game Theory Teaches Us About Startups
00:18:57
Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel discuss the problems with zero sum games within tech culture. Is your startup making a positive impact on the world or are your business practices a net negative in society? |
Nov 17, 2022 |
Most Important Lifestyle Habits Of Successful Founders
00:32:00
Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel discuss the best approaches to developing a healthy lifestyle that ultimately helps you run and grow a successful startup. Funders, take care of yourselves out there. |
Nov 10, 2022 |
Elon Musk & The Midwit Meme
00:17:42
Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel on the midwit meme, how it applies to startups, and the best example: Elon Musk. |
Nov 03, 2022 |
Things That Don't Scale, The Software Edition
00:25:55
Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel on software hacks that don't scale. Companies discussed include Google, Facebook, Twitch, and imeem. Watch the first video on doing things that don't scale here: https://youtu.be/4RMjQal_c4U |
Oct 27, 2022 |
YC Founder Firesides: Mutiny on AI and the next era of company growth
00:57:56
Mutiny (YC S18) uses AI and data to convert website visitors into customers. Today, the fastest growing B2B companies such as Notion and Snowflake use Mutiny to identify ideal customers, determine sections of websites that will increase conversion, and produce copy that converts visitors into customers. |
Oct 24, 2022 |
Why Investors (including YC) Can’t Fix Your Company
00:24:13
Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel on common pitfalls in the advice from different types of investors and why you, the founder, are ultimately responsible for the success of your company. |
Oct 20, 2022 |
What Does It REALLY Mean To Do Things That Don't Scale?
00:18:51
Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel talk about Paul Graham's essay "Do Things That Don't Scale" and what it really means for founders. Read the essay here: http://paulgraham.com/ds.html |
Oct 13, 2022 |
How To Change The World? Get The Small Things Right
00:18:13
Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel talk about the importance of understanding incentives and doing research when it comes to building a world-changing startup. |
Oct 06, 2022 |
Simple Products That Became Big Companies
00:21:18
Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel talk about OpenSea, Gusto, and the importance of building simple products that solve a real problem. |
Sep 29, 2022 |
Where Do Great Startup Ideas Come From?
00:20:56
Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel talk about where the ideas for Airbnb, Coinbase, and Stripe came from. Then they discuss what you can learn from these founders. |
Sep 12, 2022 |
Successful Founders Are OK With Rejection
00:20:18
Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel on the importance of talking to your users, why successful founders are ok with rejection from potential customers, and how protecting your ego by not talking to your users can kill your startup. |
Sep 05, 2022 |
Should You Follow Your Passion?
00:18:54
Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel talk about solutions in search of a problem, whether or not to follow your passion, how to figure out what to work on, and how to motivate yourself. |
Aug 29, 2022 |
Understanding Investor Terms & Incentives
00:09:37
Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel talk about investor terms and incentives. |
Aug 25, 2022 |
YC Founders Made These Fundraising Mistakes
00:07:33
Michael Seibel and Dalton Caldwell are back for episode 2 of Rookie Mistakes to discuss common mistakes founders make when fundraising, and how to avoid them. Apply to Y Combinator: https://www.ycombinator.com/apply/ |
Aug 18, 2022 |
#159 - YC Founder Firesides: Gusto on building for new verticals
01:58:07
Gusto (YC W12) provides growing businesses with everything to take care of their team. Today, more than 200,000 businesses use Gusto for payroll, employee benefits, talent management, and more. And with the recent addition of Gusto Embedded, developers now use Gusto’s APIs and pre-build UI flows to embed payroll, tax filing, and payments infrastructure into products. |
Aug 15, 2022 |
YC Founder Firesides: Gusto on building for new verticals
01:58:07
Gusto (YC W12) provides growing businesses with everything to take care of their team. Today, more than 200,000 businesses use Gusto for payroll, employee benefits, talent management, and more. And with the recent addition of Gusto Embedded, developers now use Gusto’s APIs and pre-build UI flows to embed payroll, tax filing, and payments infrastructure into products. |
Aug 15, 2022 |
Co-Founder Mistakes That Kill Companies & How To Avoid Them
00:08:44
In the first episode of Rookie Mistakes, Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel discuss co-founder mistakes. To create Rookies Mistakes we asked YC founders: Is there a simple fact you wish you knew when you started your company or a rookie mistake you wish you could take back? |
Aug 09, 2022 |
Dealing With Setbacks And The Startup Gut Punch
00:22:27
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. |
Jul 27, 2022 |
Saving Your Startup During an Economic Downturn
00:35:45
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. |
Jul 21, 2022 |
#158 - Same, Same but Different with Vanta and Zapier
00:59:28
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. Learn more about YC and apply for funding here: https://www.ycombinator.com/apply/ |
Jul 07, 2022 |
#158 - Same, Same but Different with Vanta and Zapier
00:59:28
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.
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Jul 07, 2022 |
Why You Should Leave Your FAANG Job
00:19:44
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/ |
Jun 22, 2022 |
How Future Billionaires Get Sh*t Done
00:20:26
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.
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Jun 22, 2022 |
#157 - Diego Saez Gil
00:46:47
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 |
Jan 28, 2020 |
#156 - Amber Atherton and Iba Masood
01:02:56
Amber Atherton is the founder and CEO of Zyper (YC W18). |
Dec 18, 2019 |
#155 - Laks Srini
00:36:07
Laks Srini is the cofounder and CTO of ZeroDown. Before that he was the cofounder and CTO of Zenefits. |
Dec 11, 2019 |
#154 - Matt Cutts
01:05:21
Matt Cutts is the Administrator of the US Digital Service and previously he was the head of the webspam team at Google. |
Dec 04, 2019 |
#153 - Cory Doctorow and Joe Betts-LaCroix
01:12:45
Cory Doctorow is a blogger, journalist, and science fiction author. He’s also the co-editor of Boing Boing. |
Nov 27, 2019 |
#152 - Startup School Week 11 Recap - Geoff Ralston's Parting Advice
00:15:07
In this week’s lecture YC President Geoff Ralston shares parting advice for all the founders that participated in Startup School. |
Nov 13, 2019 |
#151 - Startup School Week 10 Recap - Ali Rowghani on How to Lead and Kevin Hale and Adora Cheung on Startup School 2019 by the Numbers
00:42:05
We've cut down the tenth week of lectures to be even shorter and combined them into one podcast. |
Nov 06, 2019 |
#150 - Startup School Week 9 Recap - Carolynn Levy on Modern Startup Financing and Jared Friedman’s Advice for Hard-tech and Biotech Founders
00:37:05
We've cut down the ninth week of lectures to be even shorter and combined them into one podcast. |
Oct 30, 2019 |
#149 - Startup School Week 8 Recap - Adora Cheung on Prioritizing Your Time and Kevin Hale on Evaluating Startup Ideas
00:44:27
We've cut down the eighth week of lectures to be even shorter and combined them into one podcast.
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Oct 23, 2019 |
#148 - Startup School Week 7 Recap - Kevin Hale on Conversion Rates and Pricing
00:30:54
We've cut down the seventh week of lectures to be even shorter and combined them into one podcast. |
Oct 16, 2019 |
#147 - Startup School Week 6 Recap - Tim Brady on Culture and Dalton Caldwell on Pivoting
00:46:09
We've cut down the sixth week of lectures to be even shorter and combined them into one podcast. |
Oct 09, 2019 |
#146 - Startup School Week 5 Recap - Kirsty Nathoo and Kevin Hale
00:50:48
We've cut down the fifth week of lectures to be even shorter and combined them into one podcast. |
Oct 02, 2019 |
#145 - Startup School Week 4 Recap - Kat Mañalac and Gustaf Alströmer
00:56:05
We've cut down the fourth week of lectures to be even shorter and combined them into one podcast. |
Sep 25, 2019 |
#144 - Startup School Week 3 Recap - Anu Hariharan and Adora Cheung
00:44:36
We've cut down the third week of lectures to be even shorter and combined them into one podcast. |
Sep 18, 2019 |
#143 - Startup School Week 2 Recap: Michael Seibel, Adora Cheung, and Ilya Volodarsky
00:43:08
We've cut down the second week of lectures to be even shorter and combined them into one podcast. |
Sep 11, 2019 |
#142 - Startup School Week 1 Recap: Kevin Hale and Eric Migicovsky
00:39:26
We've cut down the first week of Startup School lectures to be even shorter and combined them into one podcast. |
Sep 04, 2019 |
#141 - Diana Hu
00:36:03
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. |
Aug 28, 2019 |
#140 - Aaron Harris on Fundraising and Meeting with Investors
00:37:44
Aaron Harris is a Partner at YC and before that he cofounded Tutorspree. |
Aug 21, 2019 |
#139 - Jay Reno
00:38:40
Jay Reno is the CEO and founder of Feather. Feather is a furniture subscription service. They were in the Summer 2017 batch of YC. |
Aug 14, 2019 |
#138 - Russ Roberts
00:59:47
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. |
Aug 07, 2019 |
#137 - Startup School Podcast Preview with Kevin Hale
00:27:13
Today’s episode is a preview of the Startup School podcast. |
Jul 31, 2019 |
#136 - Anu Hariharan on Managing a Board
00:35:19
Anu Hariharan is a partner at YC. Today’s episode is about her recent post, How To Manage a Board. |
Jul 24, 2019 |
#135 - Camille Fournier
00:49:38
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. |
Jul 17, 2019 |
#134 - Sarah Nahm and Holly Liu
00:58:35
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. |
Jul 10, 2019 |
#133 - Updates for Startup School 2019 and Office Hours with Kevin Hale
00:54:30
Kevin Hale is a Partner at YC. Before working at YC he cofounded Wufoo. |
Jul 03, 2019 |
#132 - Dan Hockenmaier and Gustaf Alströmer
01:01:32
Dan Hockenmaier is the founder of the growth strategy firm Basis One. Prior to Basis One he was the Director of Growth Marketing at Thumbtack. You can learn more at BasisOne.com. |
Jun 26, 2019 |
#131 - Jeremy Rossmann
00:42:37
Jeremy Rossmann is the cofounder of Make School. Make School is a college for computer science headquartered in San Francisco. Make School students don't pay until they have a job after graduation. They were part of YC’s Winter 2012 batch. You can find MakeScool on Twitter @MakeSchool. |
Jun 19, 2019 |
#130 - Tracy Young and Kat Manalac
00:50:26
Tracy Young is a cofounder and the CEO of PlanGrid. PlanGrid makes mobile construction productivity software. They were acquired by Autodesk in 2018 and were part of YC’s Winter 2012 batch.
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Jun 12, 2019 |
#129 - Simone Giertz
00:49:46
Simone Giertz describes herself as a maker/robotics enthusiast/non-engineer. She’s also known as the Queen of Shitty Robots. She runs a YouTube channel about those robots and is a cohost on Tested with Adam Savage from MythBusters. 00:00 - Intro |
Jun 05, 2019 |
#128 - Michael Babineau and Kevin Hale
00:56:10
Michael Babineau is cofounder and CEO of Second Measure. Second Measure analyzes billions of credit card transactions to answer real-time questions on consumer behavior. They were in the Summer 2015 batch of YC and you can check them out at SecondMeasure.com. 00:35 - What idea did Mike apply to YC with? |
May 29, 2019 |
#127 - Vidit Aatrey and Adora Cheung
00:50:27
Vidit Aatrey is cofounder and CEO of Meesho. Meesho is a platform in India that allows people to resell products using their social networks. They were in the Summer 2016 batch of YC and you can check them out at Meesho.com. |
May 22, 2019 |
#126 - Chris Best and Jonathan Gill
00:49:29
Chris Best is the cofounder and CEO of Substack. Substack makes it simple for a writer to start a paid newsletter. They were in the Winter 2018 batch of YC. You can check them out at Substack.com. |
May 15, 2019 |
#125 - Brian Halligan and Kevin Hale
00:46:31
Brian Halligan is the CEO and cofounder of HubSpot. HubSpot builds software for marketing, sales, and customer service. You can try it out at HubSpot.com. |
May 08, 2019 |
#124 - Jarvis Johnson
01:04:35
Jarvis Johnson was previously a software engineer at Patreon, Yelp, and Google. He’s now a YouTuber. |
May 01, 2019 |
#123 - Harry Zhang and Kevin Hale
00:41:03
Harry Zhang is the cofounder of Lob. Lob makes it possible for enterprises to programmatically send physical mail. They were in the Summer 2013 batch of YC. |
Apr 24, 2019 |
#122 - Max Rhodes and Anu Hariharan
00:48:25
Max Rhodes is the cofounder and CEO of Faire. Faire helps retailers find and buy unique wholesale merchandise for their stores. They were in the Winter 2017 batch of YC. |
Apr 17, 2019 |
#120 - Austen Allred
01:00:39
Austen Allred is the CEO and cofounder of Lambda School. |
Apr 03, 2019 |
#119 - Amy Buechler and Michael Seibel
00:53:30
Amy Buechler is an executive coach for startup founders. |
Mar 27, 2019 |
#118 - Marques Brownlee
00:52:26
Marques Brownlee is a YouTuber. He has over 8 million subscribers to his channel MKBHD where he reviews electronics, drives electric vehicles, and interviews people such as Kobe Bryant and Bill Gates. |
Mar 21, 2019 |
#117 - Craig Cannon and Adora Cheung
01:07:35
Craig Cannon is the Director of Marketing at Y Combinator. He usually hosts the YC podcast but is the guest on this episode about podcasting. |
Mar 13, 2019 |
#116 - Domonique Fines and Cadran Cowansage
00:21:42
Domonique Fines is the Director of Events at YC. Topics |
Mar 11, 2019 |
#115 - Mike Knoop and Kevin Hale
01:03:55
Mike Knoop is cofounder and Chief Product Officer at Zapier, which was in the YC Summer 2012 batch. Zapier moves information between your web apps automatically. |
Mar 06, 2019 |
#114 - Karn Saroya
00:34:47
Karn Saroya is the CEO and cofounder of Cover, which was in the YC Winter 2016 batch. |
Feb 27, 2019 |
#113 - Caterina Fake and Kat Manalac
00:57:35
Caterina Fake hosts the podcast Should This Exist? which is about how technology is impacting our humanity. It launches today on iTunes. She also cofounded Flickr, Hunch, and Findery and is an investor at Yes VC. Topics |
Feb 21, 2019 |
#112 - Ryan Hoover and Dalton Caldwell
00:50:51
Ryan Hoover is the founder of Product Hunt which was in the Summer 2014 YC batch and was acquired by AngelList. He also invests in startups through his Weekend Fund.
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Feb 15, 2019 |
#111 - Jake Klamka and Kevin Hale
00:48:44
Jake Klamka founded Insight. Insight provides intensive 7 week professional training fellowships in fields such as data science and data engineering. Insight was in the YC Winter 2011 batch. |
Feb 06, 2019 |
#110 - Avni Patel Thompson and Kat Manalac
00:52:52
Avni Patel Thompson founded Poppy, which helped parents book the best caregivers. They went through the YC Winter 2016 batch and recently shut down. Avni asked to come on the podcast to talk about what the process of shutting down was like. Topics |
Jan 30, 2019 |
#109 - Samantha Bradshaw
00:34:04
Samantha Bradshaw is a researcher at the Computational Propaganda Project and a doctoral candidate at the Oxford Internet Institute. She’s been tracking the phenomenon of political manipulation through social media. |
Jan 23, 2019 |
#108 - Cindy Mi and Qi Lu
00:59:09
Cindy Mi is the founder and CEO of VIPKID. VIPKID is a 1-on-1 teaching platform where children in China learn english from North American teachers. |
Jan 16, 2019 |
#107 - Vinod Khosla and Sam Altman
00:35:15
Vinod Khosla is the founder of Khosla Ventures, a firm focused on assisting entrepreneurs to build impactful new energy and technology companies. Previously he was the founding CEO of Sun Microsystems, where he pioneered open systems and commercial RISC processors. |
Jan 09, 2019 |
#106 - Frank Lantz
01:09:36
Frank Lantz is a game designer and Director of the NYU Game Center. He cofounded Area/Code Games and most recently released a game called Universal Paperclips in which you’re an AI that makes paperclips. |
Dec 20, 2018 |
#105 - Reham Fagiri and Kalam Dennis
00:55:24
Reham Fagiri and Kalam Dennis are the founders of AptDeco, where you can buy and sell used furniture. They were in the YC Winter 2014 batch and you can find them at AptDeco.com. |
Dec 14, 2018 |
#104 - Leonard Susskind
01:06:38
Leonard Susskind is a professor of theoretical physics at Stanford University and he’s regarded as one of the fathers of string theory. |
Dec 06, 2018 |
#103 - Michael Seibel
00:58:03
Michael Seibel is a partner and the CEO of YC. He cofounded Justin.tv, which was in the winter 2007 batch and Socialcam, which was in the winter 2012 batch. |
Nov 28, 2018 |
#102 - Andrew Kortina
01:09:38
Andrew Kortina is the cofounder of Venmo and Fin. Fin is a high quality, on-demand, personal assistant and executive assistant service. |
Nov 20, 2018 |
#101 - Brian Donohue
01:08:24
Brian Donohue is President of Instapaper and a Product Engineering Manager at Pinterest. |
Nov 14, 2018 |
#100 - Sam Altman
00:36:12
Sam Altman expands on ideas that have come up in several of his essays. Specifically: choosing projects, creating value, and finding purpose. ***
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Nov 08, 2018 |
#99 - Laura Deming
01:09:49
Laura Deming is a partner at The Longevity Fund. They invest in companies that will allow us to live longer and healthier lives. |
Oct 23, 2018 |
#98 - Shola Akinlade
00:56:36
Shola Akinlade is CEO and cofounder of Paystack. Paystack helps businesses in Africa get paid online and offline. They’re based in Lagos, Nigeria and were part of the Winter 2016 batch. |
Oct 16, 2018 |
#97 - David Hua and Vincent Ning
01:04:33
David Hua is CEO and cofounder of Meadow. Meadow makes retail and delivery software for dispensaries. They were part of the Winter 2015 batch. You can check them out at GetMeadow.com. David’s on Twitter @Hua.
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Oct 11, 2018 |
#96 - Mathilde Collin
00:48:42
Mathilde Collin is the cofounder and CEO of Front. Front is a shared inbox for teams and they were part of the YC Summer 2014 batch. |
Oct 03, 2018 |
#95 - Eli Schwartz
00:52:19
Eli Schwartz is the Director of SEO and Growth at SurveyMonkey. He came in to answer commonly asked questions about SEO. |
Sep 27, 2018 |
#94 - Joan Lasenby
00:51:14
Joan Lasenby is a University Reader in the Signal Processing and Communications Group of the Cambridge University Engineering Department, and is a College Lecturer and Director of Studies in Engineering at Trinity College. Here's a list of her published work. |
Sep 17, 2018 |
#93 - Peter Reinhardt
00:49:07
Peter Reinhardt is cofounder and CEO of Segment. |
Sep 06, 2018 |
#92 - Ryan Petersen
00:59:29
Ryan Petersen is the founder and CEO of Flexport. |
Aug 30, 2018 |
#91 - David Zeevi
00:57:28
David Zeevi is a James S. McDonnell independent fellow at the Rockefeller University Center for Studies in Physics and Biology. He focuses on developing computational methods for studying microbial ecology in the human gut and in the marine environment, and its contribution to human and environmental health.
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Aug 22, 2018 |
#90 - Jessica Brillhart
00:58:28
Jessica Brillhart is the founder of Vrai Pictures. They’re an independent immersive content studio. |
Aug 16, 2018 |
#89 - Geoff Ralston and Adora Cheung Discuss Startup School
00:26:06
Geoff Ralston and Adora Cheung are both partners at YC.
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Aug 07, 2018 |
#88 - Office Hours with Michael Seibel
00:51:50
Michael Seibel is a Partner and the CEO of YC. |
Aug 03, 2018 |
#87 - Elad Gil
00:43:19
Elad Gil is an entrepreneur, operator, and investor. He cofounded Color Genomics and Mixer Labs. Worked at Google and Twitter. And has invested in companies including Airbnb, Coinbase, and Stripe. |
Jul 27, 2018 |
#86 - Jocko Willink and Mike Sarraille
01:24:37
Jocko Willink and Mike Sarraille served together as Navy SEALs and now work together at Echelon Front, a company Jocko cofounded.
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Jul 20, 2018 |
#85 - YC Partner AMA at the Female Founders Conference
00:24:34
Recorded live at our Female Founders Conference in New York, an AMA with Kat Manalac, Kirsty Nathoo, Adora Cheung, Holly Liu, Jessica Livingston, and Carolynn Levy. |
Jul 11, 2018 |
#84 - João Batalha and Luís Batalha
01:14:10
João Batalha and Luís Batalha are cofounders of Fermat’s Library. |
Jul 06, 2018 |
#83 - Scott Aaronson
01:14:59
Scott Aaronson is the David J. Bruton Centennial Professor of Computer Science at The University of Texas at Austin, and director of its Quantum Information Center. Before teaching at UT, he taught Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT. His research interests center around the capabilities and limits of quantum computers, and computational complexity theory more generally. |
Jun 29, 2018 |
#82 - Henrique Dubugras of Brex and Anu Hariharan
00:43:22
Henrique Dubugras is the cofounder of Brex, which provides corporate cards for startups. |
Jun 27, 2018 |
#81 - Announcing Work at a Startup
00:26:22
Jared Friedman is a partner at YC and before that cofounded Scribd (YC S06). |
Jun 22, 2018 |
#80 - Office Hours with Adora Cheung
01:01:59
Adora Cheung is a partner at YC and she also cofounded Homejoy, which went through YC in the Summer 2010 batch. |
Jun 13, 2018 |
#79 - Liz Wessel
00:48:21
Liz Wessel is the cofounder and CEO of WayUp. WayUp is a job and internship platform for college students and recent graduates. They were part of the Winter 2015 YC batch. |
May 31, 2018 |
#78 - Simon Benjamin
01:19:16
Simon Benjamin is a Professor of Quantum Technologies at Oxford. He is also the Principle Investigator for Oxford’s project on Quantum Optimisation and Machine Learning. |
May 25, 2018 |
#77 - John Preskill
01:33:47
John Preskill is a theoretical physicist and the Richard P. Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics at Caltech. |
May 16, 2018 |
#76 - Carola Schönlieb
00:41:51
Carola Schönlieb is an applied mathematician at the University of Cambridge. |
May 09, 2018 |
#75 - Sean Mitchell
01:03:19
Sean Mitchell is the cofounder and CEO of Rezi. REZI helps landlords find high quality, long-term tenants in 48 hours. They were part of the Winter 2017 batch. |
May 04, 2018 |
#74 - Linda Xie and Avichal Garg
00:50:08
Linda Xie is the cofounder of Scalar Capital, a cryptoasset fund. Before that she was a Product Manager at Coinbase (YC S12). |
May 02, 2018 |
#73 - Patrick Moberg and Holly Liu
00:56:02
Patrick Moberg is the cofounder of Playdots, which is a mobile game studio in New York. They make Dots, Two Dots, and Dots and Co. |
Apr 27, 2018 |
#72 - Miles Brundage and Tim Hwang
00:46:25
Miles Brundage is an AI Policy Research Fellow with the Strategic AI Research Center at the Future of Humanity Institute. He is also a PhD candidate in Human and Social Dimensions of Science and Technology at Arizona State University. |
Apr 25, 2018 |
#71 - Claire McDonnell and Jennifer Kim on Building an Inclusive Company Culture
00:45:13
Claire McDonnell is cofounder and COO of True Link Financial (YC S13). True Link is a financial services firm that offers money management, investment, and insurance products, primarily for retirees. |
Apr 20, 2018 |
#70 - CoinList Cofounder Andy Bromberg and Ramon Recuero
00:53:58
Andy Bromberg is the cofounder and CEO of CoinList. Coinlist provides financial infrastructure for token creators and investors. |
Apr 18, 2018 |
#69 - Anne Wojcicki of 23andMe and Sam Altman
00:28:57
Anne Wojcicki is the cofounder and CEO of 23andMe, which provides direct-to-consumer genetic testing. |
Apr 13, 2018 |
#68 - Cost vs Quality in Edtech - Keith Schacht, Avichal Garg, and Geoff Ralston
00:55:08
Keith Schacht is the cofounder of Mystery Science, which makes lessons that inspire kids to love science. They were part of the Summer 2017 YC batch. |
Apr 06, 2018 |
#67 - 3D Home Printing for the Developing World - Alexandria Lafci and Brett Hagler of New Story Charity
01:02:44
Alexandria Lafci and Brett Hagler are cofounders of New Story Charity. |
Apr 04, 2018 |
#66 - Breaking Down HackerRank's Survey of 40,000 Developers with Vivek Ravisankar
00:53:51
Vivek Ravisankar is the CEO and cofounder of HackerRank, which was in the Summer 2011 batch. |
Mar 30, 2018 |
#65 - Funding Is an Outcome of Building a Good Business - Porter Braswell of Jopwell
00:50:14
Porter Braswell is the CEO and cofounder of Jopwell (YC S15). |
Mar 21, 2018 |
#64 - Researching Psilocybin's Effects on Depression - Dr. Rosalind Watts
00:53:45
Dr. Rosalind Watts is a clinical psychologist at the Psychedelic Research Group at Imperial College London. |
Mar 15, 2018 |
#63 - The Number One Goal is Getting Started - Avni Patel Thompson of Poppy
00:47:56
Avni Patel Thompson is the founder and CEO of Poppy (YC W16). Poppy lets parents book the best caregivers with just a text. |
Mar 02, 2018 |
#62 - Dan Lewis, CEO of Convoy, on the Future of Freight
00:52:09
Dan Lewis is the CEO and Cofounder of Convoy. |
Feb 28, 2018 |
#61 - Sam Altman on Masters of Scale
00:58:30
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Feb 22, 2018 |
#60 - Startup Investor School Preview with Geoff Ralston
00:38:43
Geoff Ralston is a Partner at YC and before that he cofounded Imagine K12. |
Feb 07, 2018 |
#59 - Providing Fair Financial Products for the 56% of the US Without Access to Them - Jake Rosenberg of LendUp
00:33:54
Jake Rosenberg is the cofounder and CTO of LendUp (W12). They provide access to quality credit cards and loans without hidden fees or debt traps. Their customers are the 56% of Americans that have what is described as a “subprime” credit score, meaning they can’t be approved for credit by most banks. |
Jan 31, 2018 |
#58 - It's Surprising How Much Small Teams Can Get Done - Sam Chaudhary of ClassDojo
01:00:17
Sam Chaudhary is the cofounder and CEO of ClassDojo. They've raised $30M and have 30 employees. |
Jan 24, 2018 |
#57 - Alex Blumberg of Gimlet Media
00:51:32
Alex Blumberg is the cofounder of Gimlet Media. Gimlet makes several podcasts you’ve probably heard of–StartUp, The Pitch, and Reply All are a few. |
Jan 17, 2018 |
#56 - Leah Culver of Breaker and Tom Sparks of YC Answer Your Questions About Security and Podcasting
00:58:24
Leah Culver is cofounder and CTO of Breaker, which is a social podcast listening and discovery app. They went through YC in the Winter 2017 batch. Leah’s also an author of both the OAuth and oEmbed API specifications. The YC podcast is hosted by Craig Cannon. |
Jan 05, 2018 |
#55 - Tim Urban of Wait But Why
00:55:24
Tim Urban cofounded the blog Wait But Why with Andrew Finn in 2013. |
Jan 03, 2018 |
#54 - Growth Office Hours: Round 2
01:00:22
Anu Hariharan and Gustaf Alstromer are partners at YC. |
Dec 15, 2017 |
#53 - Be Wary of Solving a Small, Rare Problem - Des Traynor of Intercom
01:09:54
Des Traynor is the cofounder of Intercom. |
Dec 13, 2017 |
#52 - Making Physical Retail as Easy as Opening an Online Store - Ali Kriegsman and Alana Branston of Bulletin
00:42:38
Ali Kriegsman and Alana Branston are the founders of Bulletin. |
Dec 08, 2017 |
#51 - There's an Art to Getting Brilliant People to Surprise Themselves - Kevin Slavin of The Shed
01:02:45
Kevin Slavin is the Chief Science and Technology Officer of The Shed, which is an art center in New York that’s opening in 2019. |
Dec 06, 2017 |
#50 - Growth Office Hours with Anu Hariharan and Gustaf Alstromer
00:33:15
Anu Hariharan and Gustaf Alstromer are Partners at YC. |
Dec 01, 2017 |
#49 - Microbes, Robots, and Ambition - Robin Sloan on His Novel Sourdough
00:57:28
Robin Sloan is a writer and media inventor based in Oakland. |
Nov 29, 2017 |
#48 - The Future of Bike Sharing with Ofo Cofounder Yanqi Zhang and Anu Hariharan
00:35:52
Yanqi Zhang is a cofounder and COO of Ofo. |
Nov 17, 2017 |
#47 - Baidu's COO, Qi Lu Discusses AI with Daniel Gross
01:02:07
Qi Lu is the COO of Baidu. |
Nov 15, 2017 |
#46 - Tencent's Chief eXploration Officer, David Wallerstein on WeChat, QQ, and Gaming
00:58:38
David Wallerstein is Tencent's Chief eXploration Officer. |
Nov 10, 2017 |
#45 - Building Dota Bots That Beat Pros - OpenAI's Greg Brockman, Szymon Sidor, and Sam Altman
01:00:37
Greg Brockman is the CTO and cofounder of OpenAI. |
Nov 08, 2017 |
#44 - Cindy Mi on Building VIPKID, the World's Largest English Learning Platform for Children
00:33:19
Cindy Mi is the founder and CEO of VIPKID. VIPKID is a 1-on-1 teaching platform where children in China learn english from North American teachers. |
Nov 03, 2017 |
#43 - Casey Neistat and Matt Hackett on Live Video's Struggle for Interestingness
01:02:52
Matt Hackett and Casey Neistat are the cofounders of Beme, which was acquired by CNN last year. |
Nov 01, 2017 |
#42 - Robotics and 3D Printing with Voodoo Manufacturing
00:50:10
Oliver Ortlieb and Max Friefeld are two of Voodoo Manufacturing's four cofounders. |
Oct 26, 2017 |
#41 - Experiments in Art and Technology with Artforum Editor Michelle Kuo
01:03:03
Michelle Kuo is Editor in Chief of Artforum. |
Oct 18, 2017 |
#40 - Content Marketing Tips from Experts at First Round Capital and Andreessen Horowitz
01:12:07
Camille Ricketts is the Head of Content and Marketing at First Round Capital. |
Oct 13, 2017 |
#39 - Mr. Robot's Technical Producer and Writer - Kor Adana
00:59:20
Kor Adana is a writer and technical producer on Mr. Robot. |
Oct 11, 2017 |
#38 - The More You Communicate with Users, the Higher Chance You'll Build Something They Want - Ryan Hoover of Product Hunt
00:49:21
Ryan Hoover is the founder of Product Hunt. Get a 10% discount on Ship pro plans by using this link. |
Oct 04, 2017 |
#37 - Don't Start a Blog, Start a Cult - Mr. Money Mustache
00:53:06
Pete Adeney, more commonly known as Mr. Money Mustache, retired at 30 after working as a software engineer for about ten years. |
Sep 27, 2017 |
#36 - Your Whole Goal Is to Not Quit - Courtland Allen of Indie Hackers
01:00:20
Courtland Allen is the founder of Indie Hackers, a place where the founders of profitable businesses and side projects can share their stories transparently, and where entrepreneurs can come to read and learn from those examples. Check out the Indie Hackers podcast here. |
Sep 22, 2017 |
#35 - The Technical Challenges of Measuring Gravitational Waves - Rana Adhikari of LIGO
01:18:36
Rana Adhikari is a Professor of Physics at Caltech and a member of the LIGO team, who were the first to measure gravitational waves. |
Sep 15, 2017 |
#34 - Elizabeth Iorns on Biotech Companies in YC
00:41:30
Elizabeth Iorns is cofounder and CEO of Science Exchange. |
Sep 13, 2017 |
#33 - The Challenges a Repeat Founder Faces
00:48:54
Tikhon Bernstam cofounded Scribd (YC S06) and Parse (YC S11). |
Sep 08, 2017 |
#32 - Hosain Rahman on The "Defibrillator Experiences" of Jawbone
00:29:57
Hosain Rahman is the CEO and Founder of Jawbone. Jessica Livingston is a cofounder of YC. Jessica interviewed Hosain during our 2014 Startup School and this is the recording of their conversation. If you'd like to check out our 2016 Startup School videos they're in a playlist here. |
Sep 06, 2017 |
#31 - Spotting Ecommerce Trends in Shipping Data – Laura Behrens Wu
00:43:33
Laura Behrens Wu is the CEO and cofounder of Shippo. |
Sep 01, 2017 |
#30 - Artist Lauren McCarthy Will Be Your Home's Brain
00:49:33
Lauren McCarthy is an artist and assistant professor at UCLA. |
Aug 29, 2017 |
#29 - Jack Dorsey On The Books That Helped Him Succeed
00:29:12
Jack Dorsey is the CEO of Twitter and Square. This is his talk from Startup School 2013. |
Aug 25, 2017 |
#28 - Prerequisites for Starting a Company - Phil Libin
00:28:34
Phil Libin is the cofounder and CEO of All Turtles. Prior to that he was the CEO of Evernote. This is his 2013 Startup School talk. |
Aug 23, 2017 |
#27 - The CEO Who Pays Employees to De-Locate From the Bay
00:44:58
Wade Foster is the CEO of Zapier (YC S12). |
Aug 18, 2017 |
#26 - Founders of Science Exchange, Goldbely, and The Flex Company Discuss Fundraising
00:27:35
During the Female Founders Conference Kat Manalac invited three YC founders on stage to share their experiences of fundraising. The founders are Elizabeth Iorns of Science Exchange, Vanessa Torrivilla of Goldbely, and Erica Jensen of The Flex Company. |
Aug 16, 2017 |
#25 - Baidu's AI Lab Director on Advancing Speech Recognition and Simulation
00:30:50
Adam Coates is the Director of Baidu's Silicon Valley AI Lab. Read the transcript here. |
Aug 11, 2017 |
#24 - Padmasree Warrior on Designing Autonomous Vehicles - With Anu Hariharan at the Female Founders Conference
00:21:50
Padmasree Warrior is the CEO of NIO. |
Aug 09, 2017 |
#23 - VMware Cofounder Diane Greene with Jessica Livingston at the Female Founders Conference
00:24:30
Diane Greene is SVP of Google Cloud and she was also the CEO and cofounder of VMware. Jessica Livingston is cofounder of YC. |
Aug 04, 2017 |
#22 - Morgan DeBaun on Reaching 20M Millennials - With Kat Manalac at the Female Founders Conference
00:26:19
Morgan DeBaun is the founder and CEO of Blavity. |
Aug 02, 2017 |
#21 - Emily Weiss on the Insights That Grew Glossier - With Amy Buechler at the Female Founders Conference
00:27:14
Emily Weiss is the founder and CEO of Glossier. Amy Buechler is Batch Director at YC. Video and transcript are on the YC blog. |
Jul 26, 2017 |
#20 - Making Music and Art Through Machine Learning - Doug Eck of Magenta
00:44:17
Doug Eck is a research scientist at Google and he’s working on Magenta, a project making music and art through machine learning. If you want to learn more you can check out Magenta.Tensorflow.org |
Jul 21, 2017 |
#19 - Blockchain Investing - Olaf Carlson-Wee and Aaron Harris
00:53:27
Olaf Carlson-Wee is the founder and CEO of Polychain Capital. Aaron Harris is a Partner at YC. |
Jul 19, 2017 |
#18 - Q&A with YC Partners at the Female Founders Conference
00:22:13
This Q&A was recorded at our fourth annual Female Founders Conference.
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Jul 14, 2017 |
#17 - Aileen Lee and Kirsty Nathoo at the Female Founders Conference
00:26:50
Aileen Lee is the founder of Cowboy Ventures. Kirsty Nathoo is CFO and a Partner at Y Combinator. |
Jul 12, 2017 |
#16 - Mark Zuckerberg on How to Build the Future
00:25:50
Mark Zuckerberg is the cofounder of Facebook. Sam Altman is the president of YC Group and he interviewed Mark for a series called How To Build The Future, which you can watch on YC’s YouTube channel. |
Jul 07, 2017 |
#15 - IPFS, CoinList, and the Filecoin ICO - Juan Benet and Dalton Caldwell
02:14:16
Juan Benet is the founder of Protocol Labs (YC S14). They're working on IPFS, Filecoin, and Coinlist. Dalton Caldwell is a Partner at YC. |
Jun 30, 2017 |
#14 - Ex Machina's Scientific Advisor - Murray Shanahan
00:52:58
Murray Shanahan was one of the scientific advisors on Ex Machina. He's also a Research Scientist at DeepMind and professor of Cognitive Robotics at Imperial College London. His book Embodiment and the Inner Life served as inspiration for Alex Garland while he was writing the screenplay for Ex Machina. |
Jun 28, 2017 |
#13 - Scaling Growth - Gustaf Alstromer, Ed Baker, and Josh Elman
00:34:57
Gustaf Alstromer is a YC Partner and prior to YC he worked on growth at Airbnb. Ed Baker worked on growth at Uber and Facebook. Josh Elman is a partner at Greylock. The conversation was recorded at The Scaleup Offsite, a private event hosted by Y Combinator Continuity and Greylock Partners in April 2017. |
Jun 23, 2017 |
#12 - How Should Business Schools Prepare Students for Startups? - Jeff Bussgang and Michael Seibel
00:33:52
Jeff Bussgang is a lecturer at Harvard Business School and General Partner at Flybridge Capital Partners. Michael Seibel is CEO of YC. |
Jun 21, 2017 |
#11 - At The Intersection of AI, Governments, and Google - Tim Hwang
00:39:14
Tim Hwang is the Global Public Policy Lead on AI and Machine Learning for Google. Read the transcript on our blog. |
Jun 16, 2017 |
#10 - Office Hours with Ali Rowghani
00:24:28
Ali Rowghani is CEO of Y Combinator Continuity, where he invests in and advises growth-stage startups. Ali directly contributed to the growth of two great companies -- at Twitter, as CFO then COO, and at Pixar as CFO and SVP of Strategic Planning. Read the transcript on our blog. |
Jun 14, 2017 |
#9 - Sam Altman and Reid Hoffman - From Startup to Scaleup
00:40:56
Sam Altman and Reid Hoffman discuss the key changes founders should think about as they scale their company. |
Jun 09, 2017 |
#8 - Rick and Morty Writer - Ryan Ridley
00:52:39
Ryan Ridley is a writer on Rick and Morty. Before that he was a writer on Community. Read the transcript and show notes on the YC blog. |
Jun 07, 2017 |
#7 - Jessica Livingston on How to Build the Future
00:36:35
Sam Altman interviews Jessica Livingston for a series called How To Build The Future, which you can watch on YC’s YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/ycombinator. Read the transcript here: https://blog.ycombinator.com/jessica-livingston-on-htfbt/ |
May 31, 2017 |
#6 - Office Hours with Kat Manalac
00:28:05
Kat Manalac is a Partner at YC. Read the transcript here - https://blog.ycombinator.com/office-hours-with-kat-manalac/
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May 24, 2017 |
#5 - An AI Primer with Wojciech Zaremba
00:55:16
Wojciech Zaremba is a cofounder of OpenAI (https://openai.com). OpenAI is a non-profit AI research company, focused on discovering and enacting the path to safe artificial general intelligence. Read the transcript here (http://blog.ycombinator.com/an-ai-primer-with-wojciech-zaremba). |
May 15, 2017 |
#4 - Elon Musk on How to Build the Future
00:21:36
Sam Altman interviews Elon Musk for a series called How To Build The Future, which you can watch on YC’s YouTube channel (https://youtube.com/ycombinator). Read the transcript here (http://blog.ycombinator.com/elon-musk-on-how-to-build-the-future/). |
May 15, 2017 |
#3 - The Technical Advisor for Silicon Valley on HBO - Ed McManus
00:33:32
Ed McManus was the technical advisor for season three of Silicon Valley on HBO. He came in to talk about what his experience working on the show. Read the transcript here (http://blog.ycombinator.com/the-technical-advisor-for-silicon-valley-on-hbo-ed-mcmanus). |
May 15, 2017 |
#2 - Network Effects with Anu Hariharan
00:35:20
Anu Hariharan is a Partner at YC Continuity (https://www.ycombinator.com/continuity) which is an investment fund dedicated to supporting founders as they scale their companies. Read the transcript here (http://blog.ycombinator.com/anu-hariharan-on-network-effects/). |
May 15, 2017 |
#1 - Hiring Engineers with Ammon Bartram
00:42:30
Ammon Bartram is the cofounder of Triplebyte (YC S15) and Socialcam (YC W12). Triplebyte (https://triplebyte.com) connects software engineers with companies that are hiring. Read the transcript here (http://blog.ycombinator.com/hiring-engineers-with-ammon-bartram). |
May 15, 2017 |