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Y Combinator

Y Combinator

205 Episodes • By Y Combinator • www.ycombinator.com
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The Student's Guide To Becoming A Successful Startup Founder
If you're a high school or college student with big ... more
Apr 25 2023 24m
The Benefits of Hard Work
Chapter 1 10 mins
Be an Optimist
Chapter 2 8 mins
Understand System, Value Honesty
Chapter 3 4 mins
Ambition and the Long Game
Chapter 4 24 sec
Encouraging Young Entrepreneurship
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Inside The Most Powerful Startup Community In The World
Y Combinator is well-known for producing companies l... more
Apr 21 2023 5m
Chapter 1 4 mins
Benefits of Y Combinator
Chapter 2 1 min
Benefits of Y Combinator
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How Startup Fundraising Works with Brad Flora | Startup School
YC Group Partner Brad Flora has seen startup fundrai... more
Apr 18 2023 28m
Debunking Startup Fundraising Myth
Chapter 1 6 mins
How Startup Fundraising Actually Works
Chapter 2 7 mins
Convincing Investors Without Impressing Them
Chapter 3 11 mins
SAFE Agreements & Seed Rounds
Chapter 4 1 min
Start a Startup
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How to Build An MVP with Michael Seibel | Startup School
YC Group Partner, Michael Seibel, explains how to bu... more
Apr 14 2023 16m
Chapter 1 6 mins
Iterating to Improve
Chapter 2 9 mins
The Benefits of Building an MVP
Chapter 3 37 sec
Building With Love
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How To Earn Customers For Life
In this first in-person episode, Michael Seibel and ... more
Mar 14 2023 12m
Chapter 1 9 mins
Caring About Your Customers
Chapter 2 2 mins
Caring for Customers Benefits
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The REAL Potential of Generative AI
What is a large language model? How can it be used t... more
Mar 6 2023 20m
Augmenting Developers With Large Language Models
Chapter 1 5 mins
Generative AI Impact on Developers
Chapter 2 5 mins
How Language Models Augment Developers
Chapter 3 8 mins
Artificial General Intelligence
Chapter 4 1 min
Building AI Platform
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The Hard Conversations Founders Don't Want to Have
Y Combinator group partners Michael Seibel and Dalto... more
Mar 1 2023 21m
Hard Conversations With Employees
Chapter 1 4 mins
Having Challenging Conversations With Founders
Chapter 2 5 mins
Setting Realistic Expectations for Success
Chapter 3 10 mins
Navigating Hard Conversations in the Workplace
Chapter 4 1 min
Jumping Down the Well Together
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The Best Way To Launch Your Startup with Kat Mañalac | Startup School
YC's Kat Mañalac wants to change the way you think a... more
Feb 24 2023 21m
Launch, Iterate, Find Success
Chapter 1 12 mins
Launch and Iterate
Chapter 2 6 mins
Launching a Product
Chapter 3 1 min
Building Your Community and Re-Launching
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Advantages Of A First-Time Founder
Step inside the Group Partner Lounge to hear Y Combi... more
Feb 17 2023 21m
Deep Knowledge Advantages
Chapter 1 4 mins
Advantages of First Time Founders
Chapter 2 10 mins
Second-Time Founder Advantages/Disadvantages
Chapter 3 5 mins
Second Time Founders
Chapter 4 1 min
First Time Founder Benefits
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The Cult of Conformity in Silicon Valley
What happens when the unconventional becomes convent... more
Feb 10 2023 17m
Chapter 1 10 mins
Conformists vs Non-Conformists
Chapter 2 6 mins
The Benefits of Being a Nonconformist
Chapter 3 43 sec
Leveling Up With Nonconformists
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Don't Make These Hiring Mistakes
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Jan 26 2023 19m
Negative Effects of Hiring Too Many People
Chapter 1 4 mins
Lies Startups Tell Themselves About Hiring
Chapter 2 5 mins
Starting a Company
Chapter 3 8 mins
The Dangers of Overhiring
Chapter 4 59 sec
Hiring Is Not Your Savior
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Startup School - Keys To Successful Co-Founder Relationships with Cat Li & Divya Bhat
How do you find a co-founder and build a great partn... more
Jan 24 2023 31m
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How To Compete With Amazon and Google
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Jan 18 2023 16m
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The Secrets To Setting Smarter Goals
If you're looking to maximize your startup's potenti... more
Jan 16 2023 29m
Dangers of Hiring Executives for Startups
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Investors Said No, Now What?
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Jan 12 2023 15m
Chapter 1 13 mins
Founders Tell Themselves Lies When Investors Say No
Chapter 2 1 min
Don't Believe the No
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When to Launch Your Startup and When to Wait
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Jan 11 2023 13m
Chapter 1 4 mins
Importance of Moving Quickly
Chapter 2 5 mins
The Fallacy of the Launch
Chapter 3 2 mins
Moving Fast as a Start-Up
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Startup School - How to Get Your First Customers with Gustaf Alströmer
How do you get your first customers? YC Group Partne... more
Jan 3 2023 22m
The Importance of Emailing Early Adopters
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Startup School - Startup Business Models and Pricing with Aaron Epstein
One of the most common topics that founders ask us a... more
Dec 27 2022 32m
Building Strong Business Models
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Startup School - How to Talk to Users with Gustaf Alströmer
YC often says "talk to your users", but actually doi... more
Dec 20 2022 17m
How Airbnb Gathers Feedback
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Startup School - How to Get and Evaluate Startup Ideas with Jared Friedman
YC's Jared Friedman shares a framework for how to ge... more
Dec 15 2022 32m
Finding a Problem That Needs Solving
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Startup School - Should You Start a Startup? with Harj Taggar
In this episode of Startup School, YC Group Partner ... more
Dec 13 2022 17m
Motivation in Startups
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Avoid These Tempting Startup Ideas
Thinking of a new startup idea? Dalton Caldwell and ... more
Dec 1 2022 28m
Music Discovery Startups
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The Truth About Y Combinator
With the YC S22 batch coming to a close, Dalton Cald... more
Nov 29 2022 26m
Wisey's Feedback on YC.
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The Two Mindsets That Can Kill Your Startup
Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel discuss the quali... more
Nov 24 2022 24m
Dangers of Pessimism in Startup
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What Basic Game Theory Teaches Us About Startups
Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel discuss the probl... more
Nov 17 2022 18m
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