Michael Seibel

Partner Emeritus & General Partner, Y Combinator · 0 appearances on the record.

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Michael Seibel was the co-founder and CEO of Justin.tv and Socialcam. He served as Managing Director of Y Combinator's accelerator program from 2016 to 2024 and co-hosts the Dalton & Michael series.

0statements → 0claims → 1claims resolved → 3.91/5average certainty → 2.36/5average debate potential → 4.4/5argument clarity · the sources → 26said about them ↓

The record, in short

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4.4 / 5 directness 4.8 · coherence 4.8 · precision 4.4 · compression 3.8

answered every one of 8 assessed questions directly

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Everything Michael Seibel said on 20VC that made the record, most notable first. Filter by type, assessment or year in the ledger →

The other half of the tape: Michael Seibel's own voice is left out of every number here. Other people bring the name up 23 times in 7 episodes on 20VC. 3 statements on the record name them. every mention, with the transcript →

Who brings them up most Mike Maples 8 Tom Blomfield 6 Seth Bannon 5 Harry Stebbings 2 Justin Kan 1 Daniel Gross 1

Statements about Michael Seibel, by other people (3)

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Maples: Zenefits Was YC's Only Startup With PMF That Failed

“The only one he could name was Zenefits, and they broke the law.”

Mike Maples Sep 20, 2023 ▶ 19:33 Is the VC Model Broken? Jason Lemkin, Mike Maples, Eric Paley & Harry Stebbings Debate | E1062 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings

What-if

Gross: Airbnb likely would not exist without Michael Seibel and YC

“It is less likely that Airbnb would have been created had Michael Seibel not recruited the founders to Y Combinator, introduced them to Paul Graham, the program had been set up in place, the investment been available, demo day being available”

Daniel Gross Aug 21, 2017 ▶ 17:32 20VC: YC's Daniel Gross on How YC Can Democratise AI & Reduce Incumbency Advantages, Why ML Enabled Software Will Eat The Software That Ate The World & Whether AI Will Produce Independent Companies or Be Technology within Incumbents

Opinion

Blomfield: Michael Seibel balances brutally hard feedback with genuine warmth

“Michael Seibel I did a batch with just before I got partnership, and he has this incredible way of giving the most brutally hard feedback you can imagine. The founder absolutely needs to hear, and then finishing off with his This, like, heartwarming chortle, t…”

Tom Blomfield May 13, 2024 ▶ 18:51 Tom Blomfield: Do the Best All Raise Pre-Demo Day & YC's Fundraising Advice to Startups | E 1152 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings