Y Combinator

Unofficial, machine-generated summaries, as of 2026-11-09.

↗You need to talk to your users. #entrepreneur #startup #tech
↗Beware of fake progress.
↗The best way to have startup ideas is to just notice them organically.
↗Adulting (and running a startup) is hard.
↗You don’t need a billion dollar idea to get started.
↗Startup Business Models and Pricing | Startup School
↗Which Sales Strategy Is Best For Your Startup?
↗How To Talk To Users | Startup School
↗How to Get and Evaluate Startup Ideas | Startup School
↗Should You Start A Startup? | Startup School
↗Big Changes at Y Combinator? An Inside Look with S22 Founders
↗Advantages Of A First-Time Founder
↗The Two Mindsets That Can KILL Your Startup
↗What Basic Game Theory Teaches Us About Startups
↗The Better Customer–Startups or Big Enterprise?
↗Y Combinator Is Back In Person
↗Turning Your Users Into Paying Customers
↗Don't Make These Hiring Mistakes
↗Introducing Startup School 2022
↗Critiquing Startup Websites With Instacart's First Designer
↗Investors Said No, Now What?
↗How To Compete With Amazon and Google
↗When to Launch Your Startup and When to Wait
↗Elon Musk & The Midwit Meme – Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel
↗Why Investors Can’t Fix Your Company – Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel
↗Things That Don't Scale, The Software Edition – Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel
↗How To Change The World? Get The Small Things Right – Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel
↗Simple Products That Became Big Companies – Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel
↗Should You Follow Your Passion? – Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel
↗Understanding Investor Terms & Incentives || Rookie Mistakes with Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel
↗YC Founders Made These Fundraising Mistakes
↗Co-Founder Mistakes That Kill Companies & How To Avoid Them
↗Weave's Application Video for YC W14
↗Embark Trucks' Application Video for YC W16
↗How to Find the Right Co-founder
↗Future Founders Conference for Women Globally
↗Squire, Edlyft, Promise: The Journey, Challenges, & Impact
↗Harj Taggar - Why Do Startups Fail
↗Harj Taggar - Choosing a Startup to Work At
↗Harj Taggar - How Startups can Compete with FAANG Companies when Hiring Employees
↗Michael Seibel - How to set your KPI?
↗Tim Brady - How do you calculate burn rate, runway and growth rate?
↗Tim Brady - How Much Equity Should I Give My First Employees?
↗2021 YC Top Companies on Their Startup Journey
↗Essential Startup Advice During a Pandemic
↗DoorDash's Application Video for YC S13
↗DoorDash at YC Summer 2013 Demo Day
↗Designing Characters with Deep Learning: Spellbrush (W18) - YC Gaming Tech Talks 2020
↗MMOs in the Instagram Era: Highrise (S18) - YC Gaming Tech Talks 2020
↗Synthetic Media: Virtual Influencers & Live Animation: Figments (S19) - YC Gaming Tech Talks 2020
↗Desining from Day One: Artists as Founders: Multiverse (S20) - YC Gaming Tech Talks 2020
↗Ramen VR (S19) - YC Tech Talks: Gaming 2020 (November 9th, 2020)
↗Dreamcraft (S18) - YC Tech Talks: Gaming 2020 (November 9th, 2020)
↗Volley (W18) - YC Tech Talks: Gaming 2020 (November 9th, 2020)
↗Athlane (S19) - YC Tech Talks, Gaming 2020 (November 9, 2020)
↗Diego Saez Gil - How Pachama Uses Tech to Solve Climate Change
↗Amber Atherton of Zyper and Iba Masood of TARA on Raising a Series A as a Female Founder
↗Laks Srini on Making Homeownership in Reach with ZeroDown
↗Matt Cutts on the US Digital Service and Working at Google for 17 Years
↗Why Fundraising Is Different In Silicon Valley - Michael Seibel
↗How Much Should You Spend After Fundraising? - Gustaf Alströmer
↗Consume Information That Encourages You To Do More - Dalton Caldwell
↗Geoff Ralston - Parting Advice
↗How To Cold Email Investors - Michael Seibel
↗Jared Friedman - Advice for Hard-tech and Biotech Founders
↗Carolynn Levy - Modern Startup Funding
↗Kevin Hale - How to Pitch Your Startup
↗Adora Cheung - How to Prioritize Your Time
↗Kevin Hale - Startup Pricing 101
↗Dalton Caldwell - All About Pivoting
↗Tim Brady - Building Culture
↗Diana Hu on Augmented Reality and Building a Startup in a New Market
↗Kirsty Nathoo - Managing Startup Finances
↗The Biggest Mistakes First-Time Founders Make - Michael Seibel
↗Gustaf Alströmer - Growth for Startups
↗Kat Mañalac - How to Launch (Again and Again)
↗Jay Reno of Feather, a Furniture Subscription Startup
↗How Do You Convince Someone to Join Your Startup? - Dalton Caldwell
↗EconTalk Host Russ Roberts on Key Economic Concepts for Founders
↗Ilya Volodarsky - Analytics for Startups
↗Adora Cheung - How to Set KPIs and Goals
↗Eric Migicovsky - How to Talk to Users
↗Kevin Hale - How to Evaluate Startup Ideas
↗Geoff Ralston: The Story of Your Startup
↗Can You Apply to YC Before You Have a US Visa? - Jared Friedman
↗Camille Fournier on Managing Technical Teams
↗Ooshma Garg: What is your advice for those starting out as a single founder?
↗Elad Gil: When do you know you have Product Market Fit?
↗Paul Graham: What does it mean to do things that don't scale?
↗Ooshma Garg: What are some of the challenges you face as the CEO of your startup?
↗Paul Buchheit: What are some things successful founders have in common?
↗Paul Graham: What are some common mistakes founders make?
↗Michael Seibel: How do you decide what to build next?
↗Paul Graham: When should you launch your startup?
↗Paul Buchheit: What traits do startups need to succeed?
↗What Successful Founders Focus On - Dalton Caldwell
↗Advice on Organizing and Running Growth Teams from Dan Hockenmaier and Gustaf Alströmer
↗Does YC Fund Solo Founders? - Jared Friedman
↗Jeremy Rossmann of Make School on Income Share Agreements and the Future of College
↗Should You Move Your Company to Silicon Valley? - Eric Migicovsky, Pebble Founder