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Early days building a decacorn
- ▶ 14:23 Josh Reeves We were NYC at the time, so they were all running payroll for the first time.
A primer on seedstrapping
- ▶ 5:58 Alex Lieberman Zapier only ever raised, I want to say, 1.3 million dollars from YC and one other, uh, venture fund.
A Little Throwback
- ▶ 6:47 Alex Lieberman So Sam Altman, you know, former president of Y Combinator.
Second Job of a Startup CEO
- ▶ 0:37 Alex Lieberman The essay I'm about to read is called The Second Job of a Startup CEO, and it's written by Ali Roghani, who is managing director of Y Combinator.
- ▶ 2:15 Alex Lieberman As YC's continuity team, we've seen many phase one CEOs transition successfully into phase two, and some who have not.
- ▶ 10:20 Alex Lieberman YC teaches founders to manage their startups using weekly milestones to ensure rapid iteration and progress.
17 Startup Principles by Sam Altman
- ▶ 0:28 Alex Lieberman On today's episode, I'm going to break down 17 Startup Principles by Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI and former president of Y Combinator.
How to Spend a Startup’s $ Wisely
- ▶ 0:34 Alex Lieberman The second essay, which is called Default Alive or Default Dead, which you may have heard of, is by Paul Graham, the founder of Y Combinator.
- ▶ 2:35 Alex Lieberman Indeed, Paul Graham from YC has developed the metric of quote, default alive to reflect capital efficiency as a core sort of startup metric.
- ▶ 14:35 Alex Lieberman I think it's roughly correct to say that YC's most successful companies is
Measuring Product Market Fit
- ▶ 4:01 Rahul Vohra Paul Graham, the founder of Y Combinator, would say it's when you made something that people want.
How To Raise Capital Successfully with Dan Siroker
- ▶ 9:47 Dan Siroker Uh, I think Paul Graham talked about the, the inspiration for the Y Combinator model came out of when he sold ViaWeb.
How to Maximize The Value of Your Startup Equity
- ▶ 17:03 Ankur Nagpal For a long time, YC and stuff were like, you have to have co-founders.
Where I Go For Startup Ideas
- ▶ 5:17 Alex Lieberman The reason I call these things puddles and oceans plays into a famous essay by Paul Graham, the founder of Y Combinator.
3 Strategies for Choosing the Right Co-Founder
- ▶ 9:28 Alex Lieberman Now, Sam Altman, who's the founder of OpenAI, and he's the ex-CEO of Y Combinator, he said this about his view on co-founders. 4 times in the scene
“Build An Elite Navy Seals of Business” - Lessons from Airbnb’s Founder
- ▶ 1:48 Alex Lieberman These boxes of cereal was how they got into Y Combinator. 3 times in the scene
The Story of Sam Zemurray is Bananas
- ▶ 34:21 Alex Lieberman They'd gotten into Y Combinator with a product originally that was like, um, TikTok meets, uh, email.
Jonathan Swanson on Building a Unicorn and Delegating 90% of Your Life
- ▶ 34:08 Jonathan Swanson Um, when it comes to working with an assistant, um, we've worked with, you know, a thousand plus at Athena and some of the best YC Sequoia back companies, and most founders never graduate beyond the kind of beginner levels.
What Generative AI Means for Startups and Are Executive Coaches Worth It?
- ▶ 6:04 Alex Lieberman A for-profit who was co-founded by Sam Altman from Y Combinator and Elon Musk, who everyone knows, and four other founders.
How Did Mr. Beast Build a $1.5 BILLION Empire, the 5 Ways to Brainstorm Business Ideas and How to Hire FAQ
- ▶ 21:29 Alex Lieberman Paul Graham, you know, famous creator of Y Combinator, famous venture capitalist and entrepreneur. 3 times in the scene
How Spirit Halloween Makes $600M in 2 Months, The Journey of a CEO & Is a Recession Coming?
- ▶ 29:10 Alex Lieberman Morning Brew was still like a phase one business, and when I say phase one business, you know, the best way I like to describe it is there's a great Y Combinator article about the jobs of CEO, and what the article says is a CEO's first job…
Bonus: "How Twitch Co-founder Justin Kan Got Sober" from Imposters
- ▶ 5:09 Justin Kan I was in the first batch of Y Combinator back in 2005.
The Golden Age of Entrepreneurship
- ▶ 3:38 Alex Lieberman You have accelerators and incubators, like Y Combinator, which invests a 150,000 dollars into your business in exchange for seven percent, or things like Techstars.
Fight for Your Customers
- ▶ 1:54 Alex Lieberman So this advice originated with Paul Graham, who is the founder of Y Combinator. 6 times in the scene