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YC Partner Kirsty Nathoo gives the lowdown on several different ways to capitalize your company and how those impact founder equity and cap tables overall. Transcript and lecture slides here: https://www.ycombinator.com/library/6m-understanding-safes-and-priced-equity-rounds This lecture is part of YC's Startup School, a free online program and ...

In this episode, Chilean startup attorney Matias Vukusic tears down the Y Combinator SAFE Agreement, or Simple Agreement for Future Equity. Matias talks about identifying impostor SAFE agreements, determining “reasonableness” when advising a very young company, and shares an exciting announcement about the future of the Contract Teardown ...

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 ...

YC Partner Dalton Caldwell gives insight into how YC admissions works and what makes for a successful YC experience. Transcript and lecture slides here: https://www.ycombinator.com/library/6t-how-to-apply-and-succeed-at-y-combinator This lecture is part of YC's Startup School, a free online program and global community of founders. Register and ...

YC Group Partner Dalton Caldwell shares his strategies for how to think about applying to YC. This talk goes beyond the information on YC's website, and reflects Dalton's latest advice on the topic. (Fun Fact: An earlier version of this talk is frequently mentioned by YC founders as instrumental in their decision to apply to YC and to getting ...

Y Combinator 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 ...

At the start of the S23 batch we interviewed 50 founders about why they applied to Y Combinator. It's a look at the program through the people that YC helps the most: our founders. The deadline for Winter 24 batch is October 13! Apply below. Apply to Y Combinator: https://yc.link/FounderFAQ-apply Work at a Startup: https://yc.link/FounderFAQ ...

YC Partner and CFO Kirsty Nathoo shares the most common mistakes startups make with their finances and how they can prevent them. You can find the lecture slides and transcript here: https://www.startupschool.org/videos/70 Find more Startup School and YC content at https://www.startupschool.org/library.

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 ...

In this Startup School lecture, YC Partner Harj Taggar shares advice on how to find the right co-founder for your startup. Transcript and lecture slides here: https://www.ycombinator.com/library/8h-how-to-find-the-right-co-founder This lecture is part of YC's Startup School, a free online program and global community of founders. Register and ...

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 Chapters (Powered by https://bit.ly/chapterme-yc) - 00:00 - Intro 00:16 - Advice on ...

YC Group Partner Aaron Epstein talks about different startup business models, how to monetize, and how to price your product. Pricing and monetization is one of the most common questions from founders, and this talk outlines 9 business models as well as highlighting business model lessons from the top YC companies. Business Model Guide: https ...

YC Partner Geoff Ralston gives an introduction to the key concepts to keep in mind once you enter a fundraising process. Learn more at https://www.startupschool.org/

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 ...

YC Partner Kevin Hale talks about the importance of building a successful working relationship with your cofounders, and setting up processes to optimize for the strengths of your team. Transcript and lecture slides here: https://www.ycombinator.com/library/6n-how-to-work-together This lecture is part of YC's Startup School, a free online ...

YC Partner & Former Head of Growth at Airbnb, Gustaf Alströmer, gives tactical advice to answer the question: how do I get my first customers? Gustaf will cover this topic for all kinds of companies - whether you're B2B or B2C. Apply to Y Combinator: https://yc.link/SUS-apply Work at a startup: https://yc.link/SUS-jobs Chapters (Powered by ...

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 Chapters (Powered by https://bit.ly/chapterme-yc) - 00:00 ...

Sam Altman, President of Y Combinator, shares his thoughts on how you can succeed with a startup. Startup School is YC's free online program for founders. Sign up to access the full curriculum and over $100k in deals! https://www.startupschool.org/ Chapters (Powered by https://bit.ly/chapterme-yc) - 00:00:00 Introduction 00:00:11 A product so ...

Access podcast and transcript versions of this interview here: https://www.ycombinator.com/future/sam Chapters (Powered by https://bit.ly/chapterme-yc) - 00:00 - Intro 00:14 - How to Pick What's Important to Work On 01:06 - Finding Your Tribe: Advice on selecting who you are working with 02:52 - How to accomplish big things? 03:40 - Work life ...

YC Partner Jared Friedman covers hard-tech companies and why founders should consider starting one. He also covers a couple of the most common problems hard-tech companies face and how to solve them, with examples from seven YC companies. You can find the lecture slides and transcript here: https://www.startupschool.org/videos/78 Find more ...

Y Combinator CEO and Partner Michael Seibel on splitting equity between cofounders. https://twitter.com/mwseibel 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/ Chapters (Powered by https://bit.ly ...

Y Combinator partner and Scribd cofounder Jared Friedman answers the question, when is the right time to apply to Y Combinator? https://twitter.com/snowmaker 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 ...

SAFEs (Simple Agreement for Future Equity) have become a popular funding vehicle for startup fundraising. When Y Combinator updated the SAFE template in September 2018, they changed the dilution calculation from a pre-money to a post-money basis. This major change increases the dilution for the founders and employees. Learn how employee ...

What is Y Combinator? The Story Of The Startup Accelerator. What is YCombinator? Who is Paul Graham? What is YCombinator Demo Day? What are YCombinator Office Hours? How to get into y combinator? In this video, we explore Y Combinator, the startup accelerator providing startup funding and entrepreneur advice to future successful businesses in ...

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 ...

YC Partner Eric Migicovsky outlines a framework for asking questions and collecting feedback from your users. This lecture is part of YC's Startup School, a free online program and global community of founders. Register and join the community at https://www.startupschool.org/ Chapters (Powered by https://bit.ly/chapterme-yc) - 00:00:00 ...

Discover how to secure your startup's financial future post-investment with our definitive safe calculator guide. Essential reading for founders.

Kat Mañalac is the head of YC's Outreach team and advises early stage founders on their launches during the YC batch. She shares the multitude of ways to launch a product and how to get attention for them. Her talk provides tangible strategies and examples of startup launches and will change the way you think about launching. Apply to Y ...

YC Partner Kevin Hale goes over the fundamentals of pricing and monetization, how it affects your customer acquisition strategy, and how to optimize it through a few rules of thumb. Transcript and lecture slides here: https://www.ycombinator.com/library/6h-startup-pricing-101 This lecture is part of YC's Startup School, a free online program ...

Elon is the CEO of SpaceX and Tesla Motors. Originally a cofounder of Paypal, Elon Musk founded SpaceX to enable the colonization of Mars. Access podcast and transcript versions of this interview here: https://www.ycombinator.com/future/elon/ Chapters (Powered by https://bit.ly/chapterme-yc) - 00:00:00 Introduction 00:00:22 If you were 22 today ...

I'm a YC founder - I should talk about it more. People kept asking about this so why not make a vid about it? From SAFEs to MFNs to the "standard deal

The YC SAFE has become the gold standard for early-stage founders to accept capital from early investors. But…what is it actually? And if it’s a simple tool for promising equity for investors—how do founders think about diluting down their own startup ownership by issuing SAFEs? We spoke with the founder of Lawlace.com, Kristina Subbotina ...

In 2013, DoorDash applied to Y Combinator's Summer 2013 batch, and they were accepted. This is their application video.

YC often says "talk to your users

YC CEO Michael Seibel outlines how successful startups think about building something people want. Startup School is YC's free online program for founders. Sign up to access the full curriculum and over $100k in deals! https://www.startupschool.org/ Chapters (Powered by https://bit.ly/chapterme-yc) - 00:00:00 Introduction 00:00:53 What allowed ...

Mark is a cofounder of Facebook. Facebook is one of the most influential companies in the history of the world. Over 1.1 billion people use it every day. Access podcast and transcript versions of this interview here: http://www.ycombinator.com/future/mark/ Chapters (Powered by https://bit.ly/chapterme-yc) 00:00:00 Intro 00:00:12 The early days ...

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 as a startup. Apply to Y Combinator: https://yc.link/DandM-apply ...

Full podcast: https://youtu.be/e6OMJK-0mC8 Listen to this podcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4zTvaUgur4TwxuTaamhlJW?si=OQfDzHZjR0iN8l4VGnBs5w In 2020, Mainak Sarkar and Pritam Khan applied for Y Combinator for the third time, for their startup Eatable. Their initial attempts had failed because they struggled to get through the ...

YC Partner Adora Cheung shares her framework for how founders can efficiently make use of their time. She covers ways to identify and prioritize tasks, in addition to how you can measure their impact on your company. Transcript and lecture slides here: https://www.ycombinator.com/library/6o-how-to-prioritize-your-time This lecture is part of YC ...

How should you navigate your 20s - the most important decade in your life? For many people, it’s an age with fewer responsibilities: no kids, no mortgage, no restrictions. And so it’s actually the best possible time to go hardcore: to take risks, invest in yourself, and surround yourself with like-minded people. In this episode, Dalton ...

Lecture Transcript: http://tech.genius.com/Sam-altman-lecture-2-ideas-products-teams-and-execution-part-ii-annotated Sam Altman finishes up "Ideas, Products, Teams and Execution" by covering Team and Execution, in Lecture 2 of How to Start a Startup. See the slides and readings at startupclass.samaltman.com/courses/lec02/ Discuss this lecture ...

In this video, you'll learn about how SAFE notes work and how to reflect a SAFE note investment within your accounting system. ************************************* Additional Resources https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvt3bTfssOk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQ3yOmH9JIo&list=PLbod9xrQiCpPKZkPKv6Llc16P0YExOR81 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v ...

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 Chapters ...

In order to get your startup off the ground it's critical to keep your co-founders motivated. One of the best ways to do that is to figure out a fair co-founder equity split. In this episode of Startup School, YC Group Partner Michael Seibel explains the ins and outs of co-founder equity, why it's important to be generous with that equity, and ...

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It's important for founders to understand what the dilution impact will be of their convertible notes and/or Y-Combinator SAFEs. You can use the share dilution spreadsheet (see link below), a share dilution calculator, to understand founder share dilution from convertible securities. It applies to convertible notes and the original pre-money ...

Join my community at http://JohnCoogan.com (enter your email) Here’s my personal experience getting into Y Combinator and what I think you should do if you want to get in. BIG DISCLAIMER: I am not an expert, I don’t work for YC and haven’t been in one of the new, remote-only batches. YC is constantly evolving and improving their process ...

When it comes to building a successful startup, focus is critical. But how do you know if you’re spending time on the right things? In this episode, Dalton and Michael share advice for how to break through the noise and zero in on solving the problems that matter most for your business. Apply to Y Combinator: https://ycombinator.com/apply ...

This video is about Michael Seibel, Managing director of Y Combinator, the most innovative startup accelerator in the world, lessons learned from the Twitch startup journey and Y Combinator. 0:00 Intro 0:13 Twitch Story 5:48 Lessons learned from Twitch 8:45 Lessons learned from becoming a VC investor 11:19 Essential advice from YC EO stands for ...

Model your SAFE funding round with our free calculator: http://safes.carta.com Watch episode 1, the difference between SAFEs and Convertible Notes: https://youtu.be/PtTDmeU-Kok Watch episode 3, the difference between a pre-money and post-money SAFEs: https://youtu.be/Mj0LxtaLQIk Automate your cap table with Carta: https://www.carta.com ...