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Over the past decade crypto has been declared dead hundreds of times. But with the price of Bitcoin surging over the past few months it’s clear that there are still enormous opportunities in this space. And few people know that better than Chandan Lodha, the co-founder of CoinTracker (W18), a crypto asset management and tax filing platform. He and his team have navigated several boom and bust cycles over the years and in this latest episode of The Main Function, you’ll hear about how they built their company, the time it nearly fell apart, and how they used a crypto winter to retool and emerge stronger than ever.

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Over the past decade crypto has been declared dead hundreds of times. But with the price of Bitcoin surging over the past few months it’s clear that there are still enormous opportunities in this space. And few people know that better than Chandan Lodha, the co-founder of CoinTracker (W18), a crypto asset management and tax filing platform. He and his team have navigated several boom and bust cycles over the years and in this latest episode of The Main Function, you’ll hear about how they built their company, the time it nearly fell apart, and how they used a crypto winter to retool and emerge stronger than ever.

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In this episode of Startup School, YC Partner Tom Blomfield dives deeper into the metrics that matter most for consumer startups. Tom discusses paid and organic user growth, unit economics, net promoter scores, and the "magic moment" in your product that is most important to track.

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When Should You Trust Your Gut? | Dalton & Michael Podcast 12:10

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When you’re making important decisions as a founder — like what to build or how it should work — should you spend lots of time gathering input from others or just trust your gut? In this episode of Dalton & Michael, we talk more about this and how to know when you should spend time validating and when to just commit. Apply to Y Combinator : https://yc.link/DandM-apply Work at a Startup : https://yc.link/DandM-jobs…

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Building Confidence In Yourself and Your Ideas | Dalton & Michael Podcast 21:10

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One trait that many great founders share is conviction. In this episode of Dalton & Michael, we’ll talk about finding confidence in what you're building, the dangers of inaccurate assumptions, and a question founders need to ask themselves before they start trying to sell to anyone else. Apply to Y Combinator : https://yc.link/DandM-apply Work at a Startup : https://yc.link/DandM-jobs…

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Stop Innovating (On The Wrong Things) | Dalton & Michael Podcast 11:58

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Startups need to innovate to succeed. But not all innovation is made equal and reinventing some common best practices could actually hinder your company. In this episode, Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel discuss the common innovation pitfalls founders should avoid so they can better focus on their product and their customers. Apply to Y Combinator : https://yc.link/DandM-apply Work at a Startup : https://yc.link/DandM-jobs…

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Should Your Startup Bootstrap or Raise Venture Capital? | Dalton & Michael Podcast 14:04

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Within the world of startups, you'll find lots of discourse online about the experiences of founders bootstrapping their startups versus the founders who have raised venture capital to fund their companies. Is one better than the other? Truth is, it may not be so black and white. Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel discuss the virtues and struggles of both paths. Apply to Y Combinator : https://yc.link/DandM-apply Work at a Startup : https://yc.link/DandM-jobs…

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How To Build A Tech Startup With No Technical Skills | Dalton & Michael Podcast 15:13

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Based on the thousands of companies YC has funded over the years, the biggest common element between all successful startups is having technical talent on the founding team. But what do you do if you don't know how to code? You may think you can get by using no-code tools, part-time consultants, or dev shops to bring your startup idea to life. But that thinking is wrong. In this episode of Dalton & Michael, we’ll discuss exactly why that is and why recruiting a technical co-founder is the single biggest way to create value as someone trying to start the next big thing. Apply to Y Combinator : https://yc.link/DandM-apply Work at a Startup : https://yc.link/DandM-jobs…

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B2B Startup Metrics with Tom Blomfield | Startup School 23:46

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In this episode of Startup School, YC Group Partner Tom Blomfield discusses one of the most important elements of running any startup: metrics! Tom shares what key metrics to track and how to use them to make the best decisions for your company. Apply to Y Combinator : https://yc.link/SUS-apply Work at a startup : https://yc.link/SUS-jobs…

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Should You Be Optimistic About The Future of Technology? | Dalton & Michael Podcast 16:15

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Social media often promotes a doom and gloom outlook about our future society. But is that worldview accurate? In this episode, Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel discuss the best ways for founders and aspiring founders to think about weighing optimism and pessimism in their day to day lives. Apply to Y Combinator : https://yc.link/DandM-apply Work at a Startup : https://yc.link/DandM-jobs…

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AI and the Future of Law: The 10 Year "Overnight" Success Story | Main Function 17:29

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Casetext started out in 2013 as a crowdsourced law library — a sort of “Wikipedia meets Reddit” for the law. Ten years later, Casetext is one of the biggest wins to date in AI, capable of turning weeks of arduous legal work into hours or minutes. Just months ago it was acquired for $650 million dollars. What happened between those two points? For this episode of Main Function, YC President Garry Tan sits down with Casetext co-founder Jake Heller to learn the real story of their 10-year “overnight” success: the 3 a.m. origin story, how the company evolved as fast as tech would allow, and the “magic demo” that helped turn Casetext into a rocket ship. Apply to Y Combinator : https://yc.link/MainFunction-apply Work at a Startup : https://yc.link/MainFunction-jobs…

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How To NOT Get Screwed As A Software Engineer | Dalton & Michael Podcast 17:38

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The stories are true: technical founders (and early technical employees!) often end up with the short end of the stick when starting a company. In this episode of Dalton & Michael, we’ll discuss the questions and best practices that an aspiring technical founder should think about — whom to start a company with, and how to think about things like equity split and division of responsibilities. Know what you are worth and act accordingly! Apply to Y Combinator : https://yc.link/DandM-apply Work at a Startup : https://yc.link/DandM-jobs…

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Should You Quit Your Job At A Unicorn? | Dalton & Michael Podcast 13:31

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If you’re an employee of a late stage company right now, how would you know when it’s time to move on vs. time to double down? The fact is there isn't an easy answer — it can really vary from person to person and situation to situation. In this video, YC Group Partners, Michael Seibel and Dalton Caldwell share some suggestions on what sort of things an employee of a late stage startup should be looking for — the good signs and the bad — to best make this decision. Apply to Y Combinator : https://yc.link/DandM-apply Work at a Startup: https://yc.link/DandM-jobs…

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Does Your Startup Need To Be In San Francisco? 15:17

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Should you and your startup live in San Francisco? Y Combinator Partners, Michael Seibel and Dalton Caldwell, debate their different opinions on whether startups are more likely to succeed in the Golden City or elsewhere. Where do they find common ground? Watch to find out. Apply to Y Combinator : https://yc.link/DandM-apply Work at a Startup : https://yc.link/DandM-jobs…

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Will OpenAI Kill All Startups? 13:20

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How will the rise of AI impact startups and entrepreneurs? Join Michael Seibel and Dalton Caldwell for a discussion on the opportunities and challenges AI brings for founders. Apply to Y Combinator : https://yc.link/DandM-apply Work at a Startup : https://yc.link/DandM-jobs

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Silicon Valley's Cargo Culting Problem 16:35

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When it comes to building a startup you’re never doing it entirely from scratch. Inspiration and ideas can come from a variety of places, including other successful startups. But there’s a thin line between borrowing smart ideas and copying them blindly - otherwise known as Cargo Culting. In this episode Dalton and Michael break down the problem with Cargo Culting and offer advice on the right way to draw inspiration from other successful companies. Apply to Y Combinator : https://yc.link/DandM-apply Work at a Startup : https://yc.link/DandM-jobs…

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Setting KPIs and Goals with Divya Bhat | Startup School 27:26

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YC Visiting Group Partner Divya Bhat talks about how to set your KPIs (key metrics) and how to prioritize your time. This talk helps founders launch faster and set goals in order to make real progress. Apply to Y Combinator : https://yc.link/SUS-apply Work at a Startup : https://yc.link/SUS-jobs

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Tips For Technical Startup Founders | Startup School 28:12

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YC Group Partner Diana Hu was the CTO of her YC startup Escher Reality, which was acquired by Niantic (makers of Pokemon Go). She shares her advice for being a technical founder at the earliest stages - including topics like how to ship an MVP fast, how to deal with technology choices and technical debt, and how and when to hire an engineering team. Apply to Y Combinator : https://yc.link/SUS-apply Work at a startup : https://yc.link/SUS-jobs…

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Secrets You Can Learn From Your Customers 14:49

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Successful startups don’t just build technology – they solve human problems. The key is listening to the people who really matter: your customers. In this episode, Michael and Dalton discuss how spending real time with your users can unlock insights and growth. Hear the stories of how Airbnb and Brex built billion-dollar companies by forging genuine connections with their customers and learn why having too much money and too many people can actually slow down learning. Apply to Y Combinator : https://yc.link/DandM-apply Work at a Startup : https://yc.link/DandM-jobs…

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The Student's Guide To Becoming A Successful Startup Founder 24:21

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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. Apply to Y Combinator : https://yc.link/DandM-apply Work at a Startup : https://yc.link/DandM-jobs…

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Inside The Most Powerful Startup Community In The World 5:59

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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. Apply to Y Combinator : https://yc.link/MainFunction-apply Work at a Startup : https://yc.link/MainFunction-jobs…

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How Startup Fundraising Works with Brad Flora | Startup School 28:11

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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://yc.link/SUS-apply Work at a startup : https://yc.link/SUS-jobs…

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How to Build An MVP with Michael Seibel | Startup School 16:52

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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://yc.link/SUS-apply Work at a startup : https://yc.link/SUS-jobs…

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How To Earn Customers For Life 12:58

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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. Apply to Y Combinator : https://yc.link/DandM-apply Work at a Startup : https://yc.link/DandM-jobs…

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The REAL Potential of Generative AI 20:02

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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. Apply to Y Combinator: https://www.ycombinator.com/apply/…

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The Hard Conversations Founders Don't Want to Have 21:23

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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. Apply to Y Combinator : https://yc.link/DandM-apply Work at a Startup : https://yc.link/DandM-jobs…

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The Best Way To Launch Your Startup with Kat Mañalac | Startup School 21:07

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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. Apply to Y Combinator : https://www.ycombinator.com/apply/

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Advantages Of A First-Time Founder 21:52

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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. Apply to Y Combinator : https://www.ycombinator.com/apply/ Work at a Startup : https://www.workatastartup.com/…

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The Cult of Conformity in Silicon Valley 17:57

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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. Apply to Y Combinator : https://yc.link/DandM-apply Work at a Startup : https://yc.link/DandM-jobs…

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Don't Make These Hiring Mistakes 19:44

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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. Apply to Y Combinator : https://yc.link/DandM-apply Work at a Startup : https://yc.link/DandM-jobs…

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Keys To Successful Co-Founder Relationships with Cat Li & Divya Bhat | Startup School 31:44

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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. Apply to Y Combinator : https://yc.link/SUS-apply Work at a Startup : https://yc.link/SUS-jobs Looking for a co-founder? Sign up for Co-Founder Matching: https://www.ycombinator.com/cofounder-matching…

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How To Compete With Amazon and Google 16:04

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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. Apply to Y Combinator: https://www.ycombinator.com/apply/…

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The Secrets To Setting Smarter Goals 29:12

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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. Apply to Y Combinator : https://yc.link/DandM-apply Work at a Startup : https://yc.link/DandM-jobs…

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Investors Said No, Now What? 15:50

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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." Apply to Y Combinator: https://www.ycombinator.com/apply/

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When to Launch Your Startup and When to Wait 13:40

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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. Apply to Y Combinator: https://www.ycombinator.com/apply/

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How to Get Your First Customers with Gustaf Alströmer | Startup School 22:53

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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. Apply to Y Combinator : ⁠https://yc.link/SUS-apply⁠ Work at a Startup : ⁠https://yc.link/SUS-jobs…

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Startup Business Models and Pricing with Aaron Epstein | Startup School 32:44

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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. Business Model Guide : https://www.ycombinator.com/library/Gh-business-model-guide Apply to Y Combinator : ⁠⁠https://yc.link/SUS-apply⁠⁠ Work at a Startup : ⁠⁠https://yc.link/SUS-jobs…

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How to Talk to Users with Gustaf Alströmer | Startup School 17:30

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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. Apply to Y Combinator : ⁠⁠https://yc.link/SUS-apply⁠⁠ Work at a Startup : ⁠⁠https://yc.link/SUS-jobs…

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How to Get and Evaluate Startup Ideas with Jared Friedman | Startup School 32:21

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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. Apply to Y Combinator : ⁠⁠https://yc.link/SUS-apply⁠⁠ Work at a Startup : ⁠⁠https://yc.link/SUS-jobs…

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Should You Start a Startup? with Harj Taggar | Startup School 17:13

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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. Apply to Y Combinator : ⁠⁠https://yc.link/SUS-apply⁠⁠ Work at a Startup : ⁠⁠https://yc.link/SUS-jobs

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Avoid These Tempting Startup Ideas 28:59

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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." Apply to Y Combinator : https://yc.link/DandM-apply Work at a Startup : https://yc.link/DandM-jobs

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The Truth About Y Combinator 26:41

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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. Apply to Y Combinator : https://yc.link/DandM-apply Work at a Startup : https://yc.link/DandM-jobs…

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The Two Mindsets That Can Kill Your Startup 24:35

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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? Apply to Y Combinator : https://yc.link/DandM-apply Work at a Startup : https://yc.link/DandM-jobs

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What Basic Game Theory Teaches Us About Startups 18:57

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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? Apply to Y Combinator: https://www.ycombinator.com/apply/

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Most Important Lifestyle Habits Of Successful Founders 32:00

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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. Apply to Y Combinator: https://www.ycombinator.com/apply/

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Elon Musk & The Midwit Meme 17:42

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Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel on the midwit meme, how it applies to startups, and the best example: Elon Musk. Apply to Y Combinator: https://www.ycombinator.com/apply/

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Things That Don't Scale, The Software Edition 25:55

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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 Apply to Y Combinator: https://www.ycombinator.com/apply/

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Why Investors (including YC) Can’t Fix Your Company 24:13

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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. Apply to Y Combinator: https://www.ycombinator.com/apply/

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What Does It REALLY Mean To Do Things That Don't Scale? 18:51

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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 Apply to Y Combinator: https://www.ycombinator.com/apply/

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How To Change The World? Get The Small Things Right 18:13

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Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel talk about the importance of understanding incentives and doing research when it comes to building a world-changing startup. 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? Apply to Y Combinator: https://www.ycombinator.com/apply/…

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Simple Products That Became Big Companies 21:18

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Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel talk about OpenSea, Gusto, and the importance of building simple products that solve a real problem. 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? Apply to Y Combinator: https://www.ycombinator.com/apply/…

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Where Do Great Startup Ideas Come From? 20:56

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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. 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? Apply to Y Combinator: https://www.ycombinator.com/apply/…

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Successful Founders Are OK With Rejection 20:18

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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. 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? Apply to Y Combinator: https://www.ycombinator.com/apply/…

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Should You Follow Your Passion? 18:54

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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. 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? Apply to Y Combinator: https://www.ycombinator.com/apply/…

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Understanding Investor Terms & Incentives 9:37

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Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel talk about investor terms and incentives. 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? Apply to Y Combinator: https://www.ycombinator.com/apply/…

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YC Founders Made These Fundraising Mistakes 7:33

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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/ Work at a startup: https://www.ycombinator.com/jobs

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YC Founder Firesides: Gusto on building for new verticals 1:58:07

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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. YC’s Anu Hariharan sat down with Gusto co-founder and CPO Tomer London to talk about building for new customer segments and the future of embedded finance — sharing advice for startup founders and CEOs along the way. Learn more about YC and apply for funding here: https://www.ycombinator.com/apply/…

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Co-Founder Mistakes That Kill Companies & How To Avoid Them 8:44

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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? Apply to Y Combinator: https://www.ycombinator.com/apply/ Work at a startup: https://www.ycombinator.com/jobs…

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Dealing With Setbacks And The Startup Gut Punch 22:27

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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

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Saving Your Startup During an Economic Downturn 35:45

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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…

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Why You Should Leave Your FAANG Job 19:44

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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…

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How Future Billionaires Get Sh*t Done 20:26

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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…

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#157 - Diego Saez Gil 46:47

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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 to track carbon 11:37 - Connecting disparate groups 13:04 - How much carbon does a typical company offset? 15:28 - How big is the reforesting opportunity? 17:09 - What are the incentives to offset carbon? 18:40 - Why don't people trust carbon offsets? 20:33 - What are the different forest conservation methods? 25:20 - How does Pachama use technology? 29:00 - Growth challenges 30:20 - Who are the customers? 32:12 - The future of the carbon market 32:48 - Fundraising for a climate startup 37:50 - Advice for people that want to start working in the climate change space. 41:38 - Climate policy 43:23 - What are the most important things happening in the space? 45:10 - The benefits of agroforestry and permaculture…

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#156 - Amber Atherton and Iba Masood 1:02:56

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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 18:11 - Evaluating investors 23:46 - Meeting with associates and partners 30:35 - Raising a Series A as a female founder 39:31 - Fundraising psychology 41:46 - What not to do when fundraising 45:01 - Talking to portfolio companies about investors 46:21 - What it's like to run a Series A stage company 1:00:41 - The most important piece of advice for fundraising…

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#155 - Laks Srini 36:07

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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 from companies that failed in the space? 8:00 - Breaking down the product 11:25 - ZeroDown's customers 13:35 - Expanding to other markets 15:50 - What if a downturn happens? 17:10 - ZeroDown's hiring strategy 20:10 - What are their hardest technical challenges? 22:05 - ZeroDown's breadth and product strategy 26:40 - Customer interviews 28:35 - Should everyone own a house? 29:50 - Home ownership in the future 32:45 - Build something you really want to see in the world 34:40 - Working with his cofounders was the most important consideration…

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#154 - Matt Cutts 1:05:21

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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 certain? 3:53 - Building self-service ads 7:23 - The evil unicorn problem 8:23 - Lawsuits around search 10:48 - Content moderation and spam 14:38 - Matt's progression over 17 years at Google 17:18 - Deepfakes 18:43 - Joining the USDS 21:03 - What the USDS does 23:43 - Working at the USDS 26:43 - Educating people in government about tech 28:58 - Creating a rapid feedback loop within government 31:48 - Michael Wang asks - How does USDS decide whether to outsource something to a private company, or build the software in house? 32:58 - Spencer Clark asks - It would seem that the government is so far behind the private industry’s technology. To what extent is this true and what can be done about it? How should we gauge the progress of institutions like the USDS? 36:03 - Stephan Sturges asks - With GANs getting more and more powerful is the USDS thinking about the future of data authenticity? 38:23 - John Doherty asks - How difficult was it to communicate Google’s algorithm changes and evolving SEO best practices without leaking new spam tactics? 40:18 - Vanman0254 asks - How can smart tech folks better contribute to regulatory and policy discussions in government? 42:38 - Ronak Shah asks - What's your best pitch to high-performing startups in the Bay Area to adopt more of human centered design (something that the government has been moving towards surprisingly well, but that some fast moving startups have neglected resulting in controversy) 49:58 - Adam Hoffman asks - What are legislators, the government, and the general populace most “getting wrong” in how they conceptualize the internet? 51:33 - Raphael Ferreira asks - Is it possible to live without google? How do you think google affected people in searching for answers and content, now that’s we find everything in just one click? 55:23 - Tim Woods asks - Which job was more fun and why? 57:13 - Working in government vs private industry 1:00:48 - Snehan Kekre asks - What is Matt's view of the ongoing debate about backdooring encryption for so called lawful interception?…

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#153 - Cory Doctorow and Joe Betts-LaCroix 1:12:45

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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 27:00 - AT&T 29:50 - Firms and state-like duties 31:25 - Medium-term suggestions for founders 39:25 - Conspiracy theories 51:50 - Science fiction and predictions 56:55 - Peak indifference model…

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#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 42:05

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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 200), twice a year. Learn more about YC and apply for funding here: https://www.ycombinator.com/apply/ *** Topics 00:00 - Intro 00:36 - Ali Rowghani - How to Lead 1:36 - Ali's background 2:56 - There's no single archetype for a great leader so be yourself 5:16 - Great leaders think and communicate clearly 9:56 - Great leaders have good judgement about people 12:56 - Great leaders have strong personal integrity and commitment 13:46 - The transparency test 14:41 - The best way to measure great leaders is in terms of the amount of trust they engender in the people that work with them 15:21 - The science of trust 16:08 - The art of trust 16:36 - Optimize for trust 17:40 - Kevin Hale and Adora Cheung - Startup School 2019 by the Numbers 19:24 - Startup School grew during the course 20:24 - Did SUS make a difference? 21:14 - 106 SUS companies were accepted into YC 23:17 - How can you replicate their success? 23:44 - Be clear and concise 26:59 - Edit your company description 28:04 - Weekly updates submitted 28:39 - Top 7 biggest obstacles for SUS companies 29:04 - Top 7 KPI movers 29:59 - Top 7 user insights 31:04 - Average startup weeks to launch 31:54 - Average hard tech or biotech startup weeks to launch 32:54 - % of weekly updates from launched startups 33:34 - Group sessions 33:59 - Companies got better at explaining their ideas, selling themselves, and getting others excited 35:09 - Founders like qualitative feedback 36:09 - No shows 37:19 - Morale 37:49 - Technical, launched, full-time, revenue generating, non-flaky, non-solo founder startups that talk to users are happier 41:14 - Summary…

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#150 - Startup School Week 9 Recap - Carolynn Levy on Modern Startup Financing and Jared Friedman’s Advice for Hard-tech and Biotech Founders 37:05

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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 company 2:58 - Fundraising terms 3:58 - What has changed: structure, access, focus 5:10 - What hasn't changed: preferred stock financing, valuation and dilution, communication 6:42 - Old way of raising early money: Series A preferred stock financing 8:33 - What was broken? 9:33 - The transition: bridge loan financings 10:46 - Realization: convertible promissory notes are a better way to fund early stage startups 12:01 - Modernization of the convertible - SAFE (Simple Agreement for Future Equity) 14:03 - When do priced rounds happen? 15:12 - Is modern early stage financing perfected? 18:01 - Takeaways 19:30 - Jared Friedman - Advice for Hard-tech and Biotech Founders 20:25 - What is a hard-tech company? 21:35 - Why start a hard-tech company? 25:06 - YC is the largest bio and hard-tech seed investor in the world 25:49 - How much of YC's advice applies to hard-tech founders? 26:33 - How do you make progress when you have a "heavy MVP"? 31:49 - How do you prove people will want your product, if you haven't built it yet? 32:57 - Letter of Intent 34:10 - Fundraising for hard-tech and biotech companies 36:15 - Final thought…

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#149 - Startup School Week 8 Recap - Adora Cheung on Prioritizing Your Time and Kevin Hale on Evaluating Startup Ideas 44:27

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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 funding here: https://www.ycombinator.com/apply/ *** Topics 00:00 - Intro 00:32 - Adora Cheung - How to Prioritize Your Time 2:12 - Real vs fake progress 4:10 - How to determine if you're prioritizing the right tasks 4:42 - Keep a spreadsheet of ideas related to moving your primary KPI 7:32 - Grade the new and old ideas once a week based on potential impact 9:52 - Consider the complexity of each task 11:32 - Don't try to do everything at once 11:52 - How do I know I'm prioritizing my time well? 13:42 - What if I can't complete my tasks in time? 14:02 - Maker's Schedule, Manager's Schedule 15:32 - Moving fast 16:47 - Kevin Hale - How to Evaluate Startup Ideas Pt. 2 18:52 - How to apply to Y Combinator 20:17 - As a YC partner, you don't need to sell me 21:12 - Can I understand the idea? Am I excited by it? Do I like the team and want to work with them? 21:47 - How do I describe my company in a very efficient manner? 22:52 - Making your idea legible 25:12 - Things to avoid when describing your company 27:34 - Be conversational 28:02 - Avoid jargon, no preamble, and be reproducible 28:47 - Nouns: what are you making, what is the problem, and who is the customer 32:47 - Using the X for Y formula of explaining your startup 36:57 - Be concise without leaving out the key nouns 40:47 - How to adjust a description…

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#148 - Startup School Week 7 Recap - Kevin Hale on Conversion Rates and Pricing 30:54

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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 00:00 - Intro 00:27 - Kevin Hale - How to Improve Conversion Rates 1:02 - Why we care about conversion rates 2:02 - Shareware conversion rate is .5% 2:22 - Casual download games is 2% 2:32 - Freemium SaaS range from 1.5 to 5% 3:57 - Knowledge spectrum 5:52 - The one button interface 6:37 - What is the call to action? And the magic moment. 8:02 - What is it? 8:38 - Is it right for me? 9:02 - Is it legit? 9:22 - Who else is using it? 9:52 - How much? What's the catch? 10:39 - Where can I get help? 11:30 - Kevin Hale - Startup Pricing 101 13:15 - Monetization gives you the biggest bang for your buck 14:35 - Price thermometer 16:35 - Mistake 1 - Prices are too low 16:55 - Mistake 2 - Underestimate costs 17:08 - Mistake 3 - Don't understand your value 17:27 - Mistake 4 - Focus on wrong customers 18:05 - Sales and profit over a product's life 19:20 - Why is pricing innovation hard? 21:27 - How to optimize prices 22:32 - $1B formula 24:05 - Price and complexity 26:55 - 10 - 5 - 20 rule 28:20 - Summary…

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#147 - Startup School Week 6 Recap - Tim Brady on Culture and Dalton Caldwell on Pivoting 46:09

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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 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 00:38 - Tim Brady on Building Culture 1:13 - Culture is behavior and the right behaviors support a good business 4:38 - Six things new startups can do now 5:00 - 1. Be proud of the problem you are solving 7:31 - 2. Create a long term vision that others will follow 9:36 - 3. List your values then model the behavior 12:34 - 4. Align your culture with your customer 14:49 - 5. Discuss the importance of diversity to your company 16:43 - 6. Put a hiring process into practice. Plan to evolve it. 18:24 - Dalton Caldwell on Pivoting 18:53 - The term "pivot" 20:20 - Why pivot? 21:33 - Good reasons to pivot 22:35 - Good reasons not to pivot 23:13 - Why people take too long to pivot 26:01 - Anecdotes 27:22 - Product market fit 28:34 - How to find a better idea 30:40 - It's ok to not work on an idea that requires venture capital 31:34 - Venture vs. non-venture scale ideas 32:52 - When is the best time to pivot 33:48 - More pivoting thoughts 35:07 - Idea quality scores 37:11 - Brex 39:51 - Retool 41:37 - Magic 43:22 - Segment 45:16 - Dalton's summary…

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#146 - Startup School Week 5 Recap - Kirsty Nathoo and Kevin Hale 50:48

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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 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 00:38 - Kirsty Nathoo - Startup Finance Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them 2:08 - #1 - Not knowing what to look at: bank balance, money coming in, and money going out 2:56 - Burn 3:41 - Runway 4:59 - Growth rate 5:48 - Default alive - http://growth.tlb.org and http://paulgraham.com/aord.html 8:09 - #2 - Not looking often enough: every week 9:04 - #3 - Under-Representing Expenses 12:27 - #4 - Out-sourcing responsibility 15:11 - #5 - Scaling too quickly 20:08 - #6 - Letting runway get too low before fundraising - https://blog.ycombinator.com/advice-startups-running-out-of-money/ 23:21 - Kevin Hale - How to Work Together 24:49 - Everyone fights 25:43 - Four things to avoid: criticism, contempt, defensiveness, stonewalling 27:40 - Make a plan before you fight: divide and conquer 31:11 - Know thyself - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2s9ACDMcpjA 34:12 - Document a process 36:20 - Use nonviolent communication 37:19 - Observation vs evaluation 39:16 - Emotions vs thoughts - https://www.slideshare.net/nonviolent/evaluative-words-list-nonviolent-communication 41:50 - Universal needs 43:38 - Requests vs demands 45:46 - How to Deliver Constructive Feedback in Difficult Situations - https://medium.com/s/please-advise/the-essential-guide-to-difficult-conversations-41f736e63ccf 46:01 - Pay down your emotional debt 47:18 - Practice having level 3 conversations…

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#145 - Startup School Week 4 Recap - Kat Mañalac and Gustaf Alströmer 56:05

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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 startups (recently 200), twice a year. Learn more about YC and apply for funding here: https://www.ycombinator.com/apply/ *** Topics 00:00 - Intro 00:35 - Kat Mañalac - How to Launch (Again and Again) 1:51 - Ways to launch 2:14 - Why launch continuously? 3:15 - Silent launch 4:25 - Friends & Family 5:40 - Strangers 7:03 - Online communities 12:08 - Request access 13:29 - Social media 15:13 - Pre-order 16:13 - New Product or Feature 17:42 - Build your own community 19:20 - Launching isn't one moment in time 19:48 - Gustaf Alströmer - Growth for Startups 21:06 - Most startups have nothing 22:13 - Do things that don't scale 27:13 - Startups take off because founders make them take off 28:23 - Measuring product market fit 31:20 - Retention 34:33 - Worse ways to measure product market fit 35:23 - Bad metrics to measure as product market fit 36:18 - Growth channels and tactics 38:17 - Conversion rate optimization 41:26 - Growth channels to explore 45:33 - Referrals and vitality 48:05 - Paid growth 50:09 - Search Engine Optimization 53:00 - Making decisions using A/B testing 55:02 - Summary…

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#144 - Startup School Week 3 Recap - Anu Hariharan and Adora Cheung 44:36

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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) 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 00:39 - Anu Hariharan on Nine Business Models and the Metrics Investors Want 1:44 - Enterprise 4:09 - SAAS 8:55 - Subscription 11:33 - Transactional 14:44 - Marketplace 19:04 - E-commerce 21:14 - Advertising 23:12 - Hardware 23:44 - Common mistakes 25:35 - Anu Hariharan and Adora Cheung on How Investors Measure Startups Q&A 26:07 - Team, product market fit, and market opportunity 27:10 - What if the founder doesn't have experience in the are in which they're building a product? 28:19 - How do investors know you're moving fast? 29:40 - Local vs remote 30:40 - Evaluating solo founders 31:45 - Clarity of thought 33:35 - International founders 35:17 - Solo founders 36:21 - Should I fundraise? 38:33 - How does an investor evaluate a company with a heavy MVP? 39:36 - How do you avoid investors who say "it's too early for us"? 40:06 - Is it sensible to engage with investors before product market fit? 40:26 - How do you find the perfect investor? 41:21 - What are the best approaches for minority female founders to gain visibility within VC? 42:36 - How do investors come up with valuations?…

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#143 - Startup School Week 2 Recap: Michael Seibel, Adora Cheung, and Ilya Volodarsky 43:08

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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 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 00:43 - Michael Seibel - How to Plan an MVP 1:25 - The goal of a pre-launch startup 3:10 - Iterating vs pivoting 3:59 - Lean MVP 5:06 - Heavy MVP 6:19 - Launching 7:35 - Learning is easier with an MVP 8:07 - How to build an MVP quickly 10:17 - Adora Cheung - How to Set KPIs and Goals 11:51 - What are the right KPIs to set? 15:50 - Revenue or active users 16:28 - Why choose active users? 18:55 - Biotech or hardtech KPIs 20:25 - Secondary metric 21:25 - What if you haven't launched? 22:20 - Setting goals 23:47 - How fast should you grow? 25:13 - Defining your own goals 28:40 - Tracking progress 30:27 - Ilya Volodarsky - Analytics for Startups 30:46 - Why analytics? 31:36 - Funnel 32:51 - Collecting data, analytics, and data flow 34:16 - Metric - Signups per week 35:28 - Metric - Retention cohorts 36:30 - Which metric to pick? 36:57 - Have I reached product market fit? 37:27 - Metric - Revenue 37:51 - Dashboards 38:35 - Advisor updates 39:01 - The startup stack 42:13 - Recommendations for the MVP process…

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#142 - Startup School Week 1 Recap: Kevin Hale and Eric Migicovsky 39:26

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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 more about YC and apply for funding here: https://www.ycombinator.com/apply/ *** Topics 00:00 - Intro 00:43 - Kevin Hale on How to Evaluate Startup Ideas 2:04 - How can I predict if an investor will like my idea? 2:50 - A startup idea is a hypothesis 5:44 - Problem 6:59 - Solution 8:16 - Insight 8:57 - Unfair advantages 13:45 - Two beliefs about startups 15:19 - Eric Migicovsky on How to Talk to Users 17:36 - Three common errors people make when talking to users 20:20 - Five questions to ask in a user interview 20:28 - What's the hardest part about doing the thing you're trying to solve? 21:02 - Tell me about the last time that you encountered this problem 21:22 - Why was this hard? 23:08 - What, if anything, have you done to try to solve this problem? 24:10 - What don't you love about the solutions you've already tried? 25:21 - Three stages in which talking to users is extremely beneficial 26:07 - Idea stage 30:40 - Prototype stage 33:41 - Iterating towards product market fit…

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#141 - Diana Hu 36:03

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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 exposure to AR 4:40 - AR's future role in media 7:45 - Deciding where to go with the product 9:55 - Innovations that enabled AR 14:25 - Building a product in a new market 17:25 - Raising money for a new market 21:40 - Advice for founders after an acquisition 26:40 - Immigrating to the US 31:10 - Advice for Immigrant founders 33:49 - Advice for founders in/after YC…

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#140 - Aaron Harris on Fundraising and Meeting with Investors 37:44

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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 - Overcapitalization 17:07 - Communicating your plan to investors 19:02 - Evaluating investors 22:57 - Fundraising process for a Series A company 27:02 - Meeting Series A investors 28:57 - Post-Demo Day psychology…

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#139 - Jay Reno 38:40

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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.ycombinator.com/apply/ *** Topics 00:00 - Intro 00:49 - Opting out of owning furniture 6:29 - Feather's prototype 9:19 - How much did he make from his MVP? 9:59 - How many products did they have? 12:14 - Legacy competitors 14:04 - Changing branding from RentFeather.com to LiveFeather.com 15:59 - Customer interviews and learnings 18:29 - Scaling a company with physical products 21:29 - Why expand to other markets vs focus on one? 23:59 - Who to hire and when in a logistics-heavy business 26:09 - Unexpected learnings from scaling Feather 27:54 - Feeling his role change over time 29:44 - Counterintuitive advice 35:19 - Advice for YC founders after Demo Day…

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#138 - Russ Roberts 59:47

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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/ *** Topics 00:00 - Intro 00:29 - What are his thoughts on “meaning, spirituality, or sense of belonging” in regards to creating your own company? 3:34 - Capitalism bearing the burden of human nature 4:04 - Why Russ started EconTalk 7:44 - Key economic concepts for founders after 700 EconTalk episodes 13:49 - Helpful methods for teaching economic concepts 18:09 - "Man naturally desires, not only to be loved, but to be lovely" - Adam Smith in The Theory of Moral Sentiments 19:39 - Why Russ wrote How Adam Smith Can Change Your Life 24:14 - How EconTalk has changed since the beginning 26:14 - Steve Adema asks - Russ Roberts has emphasized the limits of "only looking where the light is" when it comes to studying well-being. How can economists incorporate the aspects of well-being that aren't easily quantified? 34:34 - Warren Buffett's gift to his son 36:09 - Founders and unintended consequences 39:44 - The emotional aspect of giving your company away 44:19 - Anthony Y. asks - Has a guest on his show ever made him change his mind on a topic? 50:54 - Has Nassim Taleb convinced him to deadlift? 52:59 - Russ often quotes David Foster Wallace's speech, “This is Water”. Specifically, he quotes the phrase, “everyone worships.” What does Russ worship?…

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#137 - Startup School Podcast Preview with Kevin Hale 27:13

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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 15,000 dollars in equity-free funding. 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 - Why we're starting with evaluating ideas 2:07 - YC doesn't just fund companies with traction 3:31 - How can I predict if an investor will like my idea? 5:57 - A startup idea is a hypothesis 7:37 - The problem 11:37 - The solution 13:07 - The insight 14:42 - Founder's unfair advantage 15:42 - Market growing 20% a year 16:22 - Product 10x better 17:12- Acquisition model 18:37 - Monopoly 19:32 - Threshold belief 19:52- Miracle belief 20:42 - Example: YC 24:02 - Example: Wufoo…

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#136 - Anu Hariharan on Managing a Board 35:19

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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 ($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 00:57 - Why Anu wrote How to Manage a Board 2:27 - Board composition 4:27 - Adding independent board members 6:27 - The responsibilities of a board member 9:12 - Productive board meetings 12:52 - Sharing materials before the meeting 13:42 - Bringing executives into the meeting 16:57 - Dealing with board conflict 18:22 - Following up after a board meeting 21:12 - Dealing with difficult board members 23:57 - Reality distortion 24:52 - Agustin Feuerhake asks - What does it take to be a great board member? 27:22 - Dave Bailey asks - To what extent should the board culture reflect the company culture? 29:42 - Connor Abene asks - How do you think about adding board members who haven't worked in your industry but you think are good? 33:22 - Rhina asks - Could you address managing a board during product market fit time/ pivot times?…

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#135 - Camille Fournier 49:38

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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 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 00:47 - Why do many individual contributors (ICs) never experience a good manager? 3:27 - How did the ideology of management being bad become pervasive in startups? 5:27 - What should a new manager do in their first 90 days? 8:57 - Getting better at 1:1s 11:17 - More tips for the first 90 days 13:17 - Remote management 15:12 - Mistakes rookie managers make 19:27 - Letting people go 23:37 - Being a manager and still wanting to write code 27:57 - Feeling overwhelmed as a manager 31:27 - Getting a team to gel 38:42 - Giving people kudos 39:57 - Non-engineers running engineering teams 42:07 - Staying legit technically as a manager 43:27 - Management vs leadership…

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#134 - Sarah Nahm and Holly Liu 58:35

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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 (recently 200), twice a year. Learn more about YC and apply for funding here: https://www.ycombinator.com/apply/ *** Topics 00:00 - Intro 00:41 - Did Sarah grow up thinking she'd be a founder? 8:01 - Why did she decide to leave Google and start Lever? 13:56 - Thinking about product in the early days of Lever 15:51 - Fundraising and figuring out the team 24:06 - How do you figure out someone's career motivations? 27:26 - Getting concrete when interviewing 29:31 - Hiring remote employees 32:11 - Writing job descriptions around impact 37:41 - Eva Zhang asks - What's the biggest roadblock you faced in trying to make hiring more inclusive to diverse candidates? 42:06 - What does thinking about inclusion mean at a small company? 47:21 - Not buying into technical and nontechnical people 50:26 - Setting up a culture that allows for conversations about diversity and inclusion…

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#133 - Updates for Startup School 2019 and Office Hours with Kevin Hale 54:30

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Kevin Hale is a Partner at YC. Before working at YC he cofounded Wufoo. Kevin’s on the podcast today to do some Office Hours and talk about this year’s edition of Startup School . If you’d like to sign up or learn more, check out https://StartupSchool.org . 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 00:51 - Stats from Startup School 2018 2:11 - Updates for Startup School 2019 8:41 - Sign up at StartupSchool.org 9:16 - Sean Maina asks - In the early days of Wufoo, how did you give a great customer experience? 11:56 - Design affordances 14:11 - Sunil Tej asks - How was Wufoo 10x better than the market when they just got started? 18:11 - Building an audience before a product 20:41 - Wufoo's growth 23:56 - Coming up with the idea for Wufoo 27:56 - Companies pivoting during YC 29:26 - Building a product in an unsexy space 32:56 - Sivaraj Ghanesh asks - How do you know if you've achieved product market fit? Or if your product just isn't noticed yet? 43:56 - Sivaraj Ghanesh asks - How do you gauge the size of a market? 46:26 - Tips for Startup School success 50:41 - Advice on vetting cofounders 54:11 - Sign up at StartupSchool.org…

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#132 - Dan Hockenmaier and Gustaf Alströmer 1:01:32

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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 . Gustaf Alströmer is a Partner at YC. Prior to YC he was the Product Lead for Growth at Airbnb. You can find Dan on Twitter @danhockenmaier and Gustaf is @gustaf . 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 00:50 - Dan's most unpopular advice 1:45 - What growth strategies do people jump on too soon? 2:20 - Questions Dan asks a company he's advising 3:50 - Traits Dan looks for in early growth hires 6:30 - How product and growth are tied together 11:30 - Good/bad learnings from Facebook's growth team 14:00 - A/B testing 17:00 - Retention and other metrics 20:45 - The importance of experimentation 23:45 - Getting ideas for A/B tests then choosing which to do 25:00 - Advice for employees who want to get a growth program going 29:00 - B2B vs consumer growth tactics 34:00 - Pricing experiments 35:30 - Paid marketing 39:30 - Launching in new markets 40:15 - Hiring for marketing 43:45 - Metrics for marketing hires 45:45 - Toni asks - Why did Airbnb grow so fast? 48:45 - Step function growth changes for companies that already had scale 49:55 - Michael Savage asks - It would be great to discuss growth into new regions for example Africa and UAE. What would their approach be, how does it differ from region to region, culture to culture? 52:30 - Justin LaRosa asks - What are some of the most common drivers of viral growth? 55:20 - Hiring a growth agency vs building your own team 58:20 - How do you think about growth in the context of improving humanity?…

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#131 - Jeremy Rossmann 42:37

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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 . 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 00:32 - What is Make School? 01:12 - How is their intensive track different than a traditional college course load? 2:22 - How are their students differentiated from students educated in a traditional CS program? 3:12 - Interacting with the parents of Make School students 8:12 - William Triska asks - What are some ways to encourage greater independence and autodidactic behavior in students pursuing technical skills and knowledge? 10:02 - The autodidact myth 15:57 - Two stakeholders making purchasing decisions: potential students and parents 20:07 - The education landscape 20 years from now 23:57 - Education stacking 25:02 - Vikram Malhotra asks - When are we going to do away with degrees? 32:42 - Evan Ward asks - Should liberal arts colleges consider adopting ISA's? 35:17 - Are there instances of predatory ISAs? 37:27 - Make School students who want to be entrepreneurs 40:27 - Advice for people in YC…

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