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YC's essential startup advice
A guide to seed fundraising
How to build your seed round pitch deck
How to set up, hire, and scale a growth strategy and team
How to design a better pitch deck
Three paths in the tech industry: founder, executive, or employee
Startups for students
Does co-founder matching work?
Billionaires build
How to convince investors
Do things that don't scale
Default alive or default dead
Be relentlessly resourceful
A student's guide to startups
Why smart people have bad ideas
How to Get Startup Ideas
Before the startup
Why to not not start a startup
The hardest lessons for startups to learn
The equity equation
The 18 mistakes that kill startups
Startup = growth
How to prioritize features
How to spin your scientific research out of a university and into a startup
How to build a great Series A pitch and deck
On starting and scaling aerospace company Boom
On starting a company from a hackathon project
Navigating success for your startup
Later stage advice for startups
Before growing your startup
Enterprise sales for hackers
Advice for job seekers on resumes and reaching out
Guide to product development
A letter to college students
Getting press for your startup
A standard and clean Series A term sheet
How biotech startup funding will change in the next 10 years
How to hire your first engineer
Convincing engineers to join your team
The hidden forces behind China's content king Toutiao
How to create and manage a board
How WeChat grew to be the #1 app in the world
The second job of a startup CEO
How to measure leadership
Series A diligence checklist
Advice for companies with less than 1 year of runway
Pinduoduo and the rise of social e-commerce
Advice for new managers
Yuri Sagalov, Co-Founder of AeroFS
Adora Cheung, Co-founder of Homejoy & Instalab
Trevor Blackwell, Co-founder Y Combinator; Founder, Anybots
Parker Conrad, Founder of Zenefits & Rippling
Patrick & John Collison, Co-Founders of Stripe
Emmett Shear, Co-Founder of Twitch
Bill Clerico, Co-Founder & CEO of WePay
Dimitri Dadiomov, Co-Founder & CEO of Modern Treasury
Brian Armstrong, Co-Founder and CEO of Coinbase
Brian Chesky, Co-Founder & CEO of Airbnb (Part II)
Paul Buchheit, Creator of Gmail
David Lieb, Creator of Google Photos
Tony Xu, Co-Founder & CEO of Doordash
Garry Tan, President and CEO of Y Combinator
Tracy Young, Co-Founder & CEO of PlanGrid
Steve Huffman, Co-Founder & CEO of Reddit
Brian Chesky, Co-Founder & CEO of Airbnb
Paul Graham, Co-Founder of Y Combinator and Viaweb
Edith Elliott, Co-Founder & CEO of Noora Health
10 questions to discuss with a potential co-founder
Snapdocs' Aaron King on navigating market cycles

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How to succeed with a startup
Elon Musk on how to build the future
Mark Zuckerberg on building a startup
Biggest mistakes first-time founders make
How to split equity among co-founders
How to find product-market fit
What's different about unicorns?
How to plan an MVP
Building product
How to apply and succeed at Y Combinator
How to launch (again and again)
All about pivoting
Growth for startups
Dalton & Michael: Save your startup during an economic downturn
Dalton & Michael: Co-founder mistakes that kill companies and how to avoid them
Dalton & Michael: YC founders made these fundraising mistakes
Dalton & Michael: Understanding investor terms and incentives
Dalton & Michael: Should you follow your passion?
Dalton & Michael: Successful founders are OK with rejection
Dalton & Michael: Where do great startup ideas come from?
Dalton & Michael: Simple products that became big companies
Dalton & Michael: How to change the world? Get the small things right
Embark Trucks' (W16) road to IPO
One order of operations for starting a startup
How to pick which startup to work at
Why do startups fail?
How to choose a startup to join
How to choose a metric and set your KPI
How to find the right co-founder
How to get startup ideas
The 5 things that kill startups post seed rounds
Managing startup finances
Analytics for startups
Advice for Hard-Tech and Biotech founders
Modern startup funding
Live office hours with Sam Altman and Yuri Sagalov
How to measure your product
How to Start a Startup: How to get ideas and find what's working
How to Start a Startup: Finding Product-Market Fit
Live office hours with YC's Paul Graham and Sam Altman (2013)
The path to $100B
Patrick Collison on effectively running a startup
How to build a product with Reddit's Steve Huffman and Twitch's Emmett Shear
How to get and test ideas
Should I use a dev shop?
How pitching investors is different than pitching customers
Post-product market fit: people, customers, sales
Live office hours with YC's Kevin Hale and Dalton Caldwell (2017)
How to build and manage teams
How and why to start a startup
How to build a product with WhatsApp co-founder Jan Koum
Quantum computing with Chad Rigetti
Startup legal mechanics
Building an engineering team
Most startups are undercharging
How do you create luck?
Design for startups (part 2)
Design for startups (part 1)
How to invent the future (part 1)
How to invent the future (part 2)
How to Start a Startup: Building for the Enterprise
Building culture
Understanding SAFEs and priced equity rounds
How to improve conversion rates
Startup pricing 101
On starting and scaling direct mail automation startup Lob
On starting and scaling Dropbox (YC W07)
How Pachama uses tech to tackle climate change
Diane Greene's advice for founders
Vinod Khosla on How to Build the Future
On starting and scaling Indian shopping site Meesho
On starting and scaling construction startup PlanGrid
On starting and scaling recruiting software startup Lever
On starting and scaling meal kit company Gobble
Product and design process for remote teams
User you don't want
How to cold email investors
What makes great founders stand out?
Why fundraising is different in Silicon Valley
How to build product as a small startup
Order of operations for starting a startup
Should I start a startup?
The real product-market fit
Creating good company culture (and sticking to it)
Why you should or should not work at a startup
How not to fail
Jeff Dean on building intelligent systems with large scale deep learning
On starting and scaling one of the biggest iOS apps
How do you convince someone to join your startup?
Consume information that encourages you to do more
Building a startup is about solving a problem
On starting and scaling Bloom Institute of Technology
On starting and scaling healthcare startup 23andMe
On raising Seed and Series A as a woman founder
How To Navigate Co-Founder Disputes
Customer Obsession Made Gusto A $9.6 Billion Company
The Future Of Design With Figma's Dylan Field
GPT-4.5 = Big Model Energy
Vibe Coding Is The Future
Design Experts Critique AI Interfaces
How To Build The Future: Aravind Srinivas
How AI Is Changing Enterprise
Building A Supersonic Plane Company From The Ground Up
The Right (And Wrong) Way To Spend Money At Your Startup
How To Get AI Startup Ideas
The Engineering Unlocks Behind DeepSeek | YC Decoded
How To Build The AGI Future: Bob McGrew
AI Revolution: Why This Is The Best Time To Start A Startup
How Scaling Laws Will Determine AI's Future
How To Use AI In Your Startup
How To Build The Future: Parker Conrad
Building A $2 Billion SaaS Company: Lessons From A Two Time Founder
The Lightcone 2025 Forecast
How To Focus On The Right Problems
How David Lieb Turned a Failing Startup Into Google Photos
2024’s Biggest Startup Trends
Anthropic’s Claude Computer Use Is A Game Changer
How To Make The Most Out of Your 20s
How To Start A Dev Tools Company
Vertical AI Agents Could Be 10X Bigger Than SaaS
Twitter vs. X: Product Lessons For Startup Founders
Why The Next AI Breakthroughs Will Be In Reasoning, Not Scaling
Now Anyone Can Code: How AI Agents Can Build Your Whole App
How To Build The Future: Sam Altman
The AI Future Has Arrived: Here's What You Should Do About It
The 10 Trillion Parameter AI Model With 300 IQ
You Don’t Have To Be A Billionaire To Launch Satellites
Why OpenAI's o1 Is A Huge Deal
Starting A Company? The Key Terms You Should Know
Why Design Matters: Lessons from Stripe, Lyft and Airbnb
How Do Billion Dollar Startups Start?
Meta VS Apple: What Their Battle Means For AI Startups
Why Vertical LLM Agents Are The New $1 Billion SaaS Opportunities
Stripe Head of Design Katie Dill Reviews Startup Websites
How To Find A Co-Founder
What Founder Mode Really Means
Building The World's Best Image Diffusion Model
Signs Your Company Is Recovering From ZIRP
How To Convert Customers With Cold Emails
The Times When Paranoia Fueled Technological Advancement
How YC Was Created With Jessica Livingston
Why AI Hasn’t Blown Our Minds…Yet
How To Improve Cohort Retention
How To Live In The Social Media Matrix
Are We In An AI Hype Cycle?
How To Influence Decision Makers
Co-Founder Equity Mistakes to Avoid
How Nothing Founder Carl Pei Built A Multi-Million Dollar Smartphone Brand In Just 2 Years
Gmail Creator Paul Buchheit On AGI, Open Source Models, Freedom
The Problem With Startup "Experts"
How To Price For B2B
Tarpit Ideas: The Sequel
Why Startup Founders Should Launch Companies Sooner Than They Think
Enterprise Sales for Founders
10 People + AI = Billion Dollar Company?
What Is ZIRP And How Did It Poison Startups?
Standing Up For Startups - YC Goes To D.C.
Better AI Models, Better Startups [Lightcone Podcast Ep. 7]
YC's Group Partners Discuss Doing Things That Don't Scale
How New Technology Creates New Businesses
The Untold Stories of Y Combinator with Co-Founder Jessica Livingston
Why This Is The Perfect Time To Start A Startup [Lightcone Podcast LIVE]
Does Your Startup Website Pass The First Impression Test?
Consumer is back, What’s getting funded now, The vibes immaculate [Lightcone Podcast Ep. 6]
When Should You Trust Your Gut?
Inside The Hard Tech Startups Turning Sci-Fi Into Reality [Lightcone Podcast Ep. 5]
How to Survive the Crypto Boom & Bust Cycle
Building AI Models Faster And Cheaper Than You Think [Lightcone Podcast Ep. 4]
Why Founders Shouldn't Think Like Investors
Where Is The REAL Cerebral Valley? [Lightcone Podcast Ep. 3]
Day in the Life of Y Combinator President & CEO Garry Tan during the first week of the batch
Building Confidence In Yourself and Your Ideas
The Secrets of Y Combinator’s Early Success (with YC Co-Founder Jessica Livingston)
Apple Vision Pro: Startup Platform Of The Future? [Lightcone Podcast Ep. 2]
Stop Innovating (On The Wrong Things)
The Truth About Building AI Startups Today [Lightcone Podcast Ep. 1]
Should your startup bootstrap or raise venture capital?
Backstory: Tom Blomfield
Do technical founders need a business co-founder?
Consumer Startup Metrics
The asymmetric upside of being positive
Key Startup Metrics
Garry Tan speaks at Stanford's Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders (ETL) lecture series
Five DevTool Startups Get Their Websites Reviewed
Does your tech startup really need a technical co-founder? Yes.
How To NOT Get Screwed Over As A Software Engineer
How to convert more visitors into customers
Is it time to quit your job at a unicorn?
Why YC? We asked 50 founders why they applied to Y Combinator
How Athelas is revolutionizing healthcare
YC’s Group Partners share productivity tips and advice on actually getting things done
Backstory: Surbhi Sarna
Different startup stages and what they mean for you
Sam Altman on how to pick which startup to work at
Founder FAQ: 40+ AI startup founders on the current state of AI tech
Dalton & Michael: Why You Shouldn't Copy Your Tech Idols
Building a better mobile app
Garry's Channel: An interview with Kai Stinchcombe, founder of True Link Financial
Garry's Channel: Why now? The key to million dollar startup ideas
Garry's Channel: 3 steps for billion dollar startups (How Airbnb & DoorDash succeeded)
Garry's Channel: How To DESIGN EVERYTHING if you don't know ANYTHING
Garry's Channel: Should you be the CEO?
Garry's Channel: Figma's $20B, 10 year overnight success
Garry's Channel: Flexport CEO Ryan Petersen on scaling a startup from zero to $8B
Garry's Channel: Billion dollar startups are better, faster, or cheaper
Garry's Channel: How REAL movements start, then change the world
Garry's Channel: 6 Skills for Successful Startup Founders
Garry's Channel: Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong on cryptocurrency and the future of decentralization
Garry's Channel: YOU can beat Google the way Amazon does. Here’s how.
Garry's Channel: Billion dollar startup ideas
Garry's Channel: My $200 million startup mistake
Garry's Channel: LEARN, EARN or QUIT | My job and career advice
Garry's Channel: How I turned $300k into $2 billion
Garry's Channel: Stop chasing money -- Chase wealth
Dalton & Michael: Why Investors (Secretly) Love Y Combinator
YC's Group Partners share their worst investor meetings
How to Start a Startup: Diversity and inclusion at early stage startups
How to Start a Startup: Startup mechanics
How to Start a Startup: Talking to users
How to Start a Startup: Building company culture, Part II
How to Start a Startup: Building company culture, Part I
How to Start a Startup: Raising money and succeeding long-term
How to Start a Startup: Getting started, getting press, and doing things that don't scale
How to Start a Startup: Building products users love
How to Start a Startup: Before the startup
The Main Function: How to go from startup dream to reality
The Immigrant Journey Behind A Silicon Valley Success Story
Founder FAQ: How did you get your first customer?
Founder FAQ: How did you meet your co-founder?
Jessica Livingston on how to build the future
YC Application Tips: Include a demo
Garry Tan's tips for applying to YC
Inside the Group Partner Lounge: Advantages of a first-time founder
Inside the Group Partner Lounge: The ideal customer
Inside the Group Partner Lounge: Top ways startups waste money
Inside the Group Partner Lounge: Turning users into paid customers
Inside the Group Partner Lounge: Don't make these hiring mistakes
Inside the Group Partner Lounge: Investors said no, now what?
Inside the Group Partner Lounge: When to launch your startup
Inside the Group Partner Lounge: How to compete with Amazon and Google
YC's Group Partners share their favorite pivot stories
Critiquing startup websites with Instacart's first designer, Zain Ali
Critiquing startup websites with Webflow CEO Vlad Magdalin
Critiquing AI startup websites with YC President Garry Tan
Setting KPIs and goals
How to apply and succeed at YC
Tips for technical startup founders
The best way to launch your startup
How to talk to users
How to get your first customers
How to build an MVP
Keys To Successful Co-Founder Relationships
How startup fundraising works
Dalton & Michael: How future billionaires get sh*t done
Tarpit ideas - what are tarpit ideas & how to avoid them
Dalton & Michael: Most important lifestyle habits of successful founders
Dalton & Michael: Why you should leave your FAANG job
Dalton & Michael: Things that don't scale, the software edition
Dalton & Michael: What does it really mean to do things that don't scale?
Dalton & Michael: Will OpenAI kill all startups?
Dalton & Michael: Setting smarter goals
Dalton & Michael: The two mindsets that can kill your startup
Dalton & Michael: What basic game theory teaches us about startups
Dalton & Michael: How to earn customers for life
Dalton & Michael: The student's guide to becoming a successful startup founder
Dalton & Michael: The cult of conformity in Silicon Valley
Dalton & Michael: How to deal with setbacks
Dalton & Michael: Elon Musk and the Midwit meme
Dalton & Michael: The truth about Y Combinator
Dalton & Michael: Why investors can’t fix your company
Dalton & Michael: Y Combinator is back in person
Dalton & Michael: Silicon Valley's cargo culting problem
Dalton & Michael: The hard conversations founders don't want to have
Dalton & Michael: Secrets You Can Learn From Your Customers
Dalton & Michael: How generosity built tech giants
Dalton & Michael: Does Your Startup Need To Be In San Francisco?
YC guide to business models
Should you start a startup?

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