Y Combinator, every mention
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Verbatim, from the transcripts: the passages where Y Combinator comes up
E108: Doxing debate, Nuclear fusion breakthrough, state of the markets & more
- ▶ 38:48 Chamath Palihapitiya And so I would rather those for-profit companies, for example, Y Combinator just today,
E80: Recession deep dive: VC psychology, macro risks, Tiger Global, predictions and more
- ▶ 1:25:05 Jason Calacanis Getting into Y Combinator was hard.
E75: Fast shuts down, board culpability, Elon buys 9% of Twitter, deplatforming's evolution & more
- ▶ 40:29 Jason Calacanis And what was true at one point in time when Paul Graham gave this advice and he set up Y Combinator, you don't want to say their name, but it is Paul Graham had a terrible experience in his company with venture capitalists.
E65: VC markup dynamics, Russia/US tensions over Ukraine, Altos Labs raises $3B, Stripe mafia & more
- ▶ 1:04:53 Jason Calacanis Did a tweet thread basically saying that YC and Stripe are the mob bosses of Silicon Valley. 5 times in the scene
E62: Elizabeth Holmes verdict, fraud origins & takeaways, navigating "The Great Markdown" & more
- ▶ 46:21 Chamath Palihapitiya Yeah, so, you know, Paul Graham wrote this great essay, uh, as part of what he's the founder of Y Combinator, and, you know, he has this very simple, you know, framework of looking at companies, which is your default debt or your default…