Episodes
13 years of tape. Every episode is checked claim by claim and playable.
34 episodes in 2019
🎙Y COMBINATOR
1h 2m Amber Atherton of Zyper and Iba Masood of TARA on Raising a Series A as a Female Founder · Y Combinator
In this Y Combinator podcast episode, founders Iba Masood of TARA AI and Amber Atherton of Zyper share practical strategies for navigating Series A fundraising, vetting venture capital partn…
19 statements 9 featured 3 assessments 1 contradicted
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35m Laks Srini on Making Homeownership in Reach with ZeroDown · Y Combinator
In this Y Combinator interview, ZeroDown co-founder and CTO Laks Srini explains how his startup enables high-earning professionals to purchase homes without traditional down payments through…
15 statements 5 featured 4 assessments
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1h 5m Matt Cutts on the US Digital Service and Working at Google for 17 Years · Y Combinator
Former Google engineer and US Digital Service Administrator Matt Cutts reflects on early search engine history, algorithmic spam protection, and the critical mission of bringing modern techn…
15 statements 5 featured 5 assessments
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1h 12m Cory Doctorow and Joe Betts-Lacroix on Adversarial Interoperability · Y Combinator
In this Y Combinator podcast episode, author and activist Cory Doctorow joins host Joe Betts-Lacroix to discuss how adversarial interoperability, copyright reform, and antitrust enforcement …
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24m Jared Friedman - Advice for Hard-tech and Biotech Founders · Y Combinator
In this Y Combinator Startup School lecture, Partner Jared Friedman presents practical strategies for hard-tech and biotech founders to navigate technical risk, validate market demand, and e…
13 statements 4 featured 5 assessments 1 contradicted
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35m Diana Hu on Augmented Reality and Building a Startup in a New Market · Y Combinator
In this Y Combinator podcast episode, Niantic AR leader and former startup founder Diana Hu discusses the technological drivers, investment cycles, and strategic frameworks for building succ…
10 statements 3 featured 2 assessments 1 contradicted
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38m Gustaf Alströmer - Growth for Startups · Y Combinator
In this Y Combinator lecture, former Airbnb Growth Lead Gustaf Alströmer presents a comprehensive guide on startup growth, outlining strategies for early-stage manual user acquisition, measu…
25 statements 7 featured 2 assessments 1 contradicted
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38m Jay Reno of Feather, a Furniture Subscription Startup · Y Combinator
In this Y Combinator interview, Feather founder and CEO Jay Reno discusses building and scaling a modern furniture subscription business, covering MVP validation, complex operational logisti…
14 statements 5 featured 1 assessments
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59m EconTalk Host Russ Roberts on Key Economic Concepts for Founders · Y Combinator
EconTalk host Russ Roberts joins Craig Cannon to discuss key economic principles for startup founders, the limitations of quantitative data, and Adam Smith's moral philosophy. He explores wh…
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23m Adora Cheung - How to Set KPIs and Goals · Y Combinator
In this Y Combinator lecture, Adora Cheung provides early-stage startup founders with a practical framework for defining Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and establishing weekly growth targ…
12 statements 4 featured 1 assessments
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31m Eric Migicovsky - How to Talk to Users · Y Combinator
In this Y Combinator Startup School lecture, YC partner Eric Migicovsky provides actionable strategies and frameworks for founders to conduct effective user interviews across every stage of …
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26m Kevin Hale - How to Evaluate Startup Ideas · Y Combinator
In this Y Combinator Startup School lecture, partner Kevin Hale presents a structured framework for evaluating startup ideas by framing them as growth hypotheses composed of a problem, a sol…
22 statements 6 featured 1 assessments
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49m Camille Fournier on Managing Technical Teams · Y Combinator
In this interview, technology executive and author Camille Fournier shares deep insights on engineering management, covering the transition from developer to manager, team dynamics, and perf…
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58m Startup Hiring Advice from Lever CEO Sarah Nahm with Holly Liu · Y Combinator
In this Y Combinator podcast episode, Lever CEO Sarah Nahm and Holly Liu discuss how design thinking principles can be applied to startup leadership, talent acquisition, and building inclusi…
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54m Updates for Startup School 2019 and Office Hours with Kevin Hale · Y Combinator
Y Combinator partner Kevin Hale joins Craig Cannon to outline updates for Startup School 2019 while sharing foundational lessons on customer support, product design, capital-efficient growth…
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1h 1m Advice on Organizing and Running Growth Teams from Dan Hockenmaier and Gustaf Alströmer · Y Combinator
Growth experts Dan Hockenmaier and Gustaf Alströmer outline strategic frameworks for scaling technology startups, emphasizing the priority of product-market fit and retention metrics over pr…
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42m Jeremy Rossmann of Make School on Income Share Agreements and the Future of College · Y Combinator
In this interview, Make School co-founder Jeremy Rossmann discusses how his institution's accelerated two-year accredited computer science degree combines project-based pedagogy with Income …
25 statements 7 featured 8 assessments
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50m Tracy Young on Scaling PlanGrid to 400+ People with YC Partner Kat Manalac · Y Combinator
In this Y Combinator interview, PlanGrid co-founder and former CEO Tracy Young shares the story of building, scaling, and selling her construction software company. She discusses early produ…
16 statements 6 featured 3 assessments
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49m Simone Giertz on Her Robots and Returning to Work After Brain Surgery · Y Combinator
In this Y Combinator podcast episode, creator and inventor Simone Giertz discusses her journey from building viral 'shitty robots' to designing physical products, while sharing lessons learn…
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55m Analyzing Billions of Transactions to Understand Consumer Behavior - Michael Babineau and Kevin Hale · Y Combinator
In this Y Combinator podcast episode, host Craig Cannon and partner Kevin Hale interview Second Measure co-founder and CEO Michael Babineau about building a self-service analytics platform t…
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49m Vidit Aatrey on Building Meesho, India's Top Reselling Platform, with Adora Cheung · Y Combinator
In this Y Combinator interview, Meesho co-founder and CEO Vidit Aatrey discusses how the platform revolutionized Indian social commerce by empowering millions of first-time female entreprene…
30 statements 9 featured 6 assessments 1 contradicted
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48m Monetizing Podcasts and Newsletters - Chris Best of Substack and Jonathan Gill of Backtracks · Y Combinator
Substack CEO Chris Best and Backtracks CEO Jonathan Gill discuss the future of audio and newsletter monetization, contrasting paid subscriptions with ad-supported business models. They exami…
21 statements 6 featured 5 assessments 3 contradicted
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46m HubSpot CEO and Cofounder Brian Halligan with Wufoo Cofounder Kevin Hale · Y Combinator
In this Y Combinator session with Wufoo co-founder Kevin Hale, HubSpot CEO Brian Halligan shares key insights on managing introversion as an executive, scaling inbound marketing engines, and…
22 statements 6 featured 3 assessments 1 contradicted
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1h 4m Software Engineer Turned Youtuber - Jarvis Johnson · Y Combinator
In this interview, software engineer turned full-time YouTuber Jarvis Johnson discusses his career transition, content strategy, and the application of engineering mindsets to digital media.…
13 statements 6 featured 2 assessments
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1h 0m A CS Education That's Free Until You Get a Job - Austen Allred of Lambda School · Y Combinator
In this Y Combinator interview, Lambda School CEO Austen Allred discusses how Income Share Agreements, project-based pedagogy, and data-driven risk modeling transform vocational education an…
25 statements 9 featured 5 assessments 4 contradicted
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52m Marques Brownlee on Building an Audience and Other Advice for Creators · Y Combinator
In an in-depth interview hosted by Y Combinator, Marques Brownlee breaks down his decade-long journey as a top YouTube tech creator, detailing his production standards, product evaluation ph…
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21m YC's Director of Events Domonique Fines with Elpha CEO Cadran Cowansage · Y Combinator
In this interview with Elpha CEO Cadran Cowansage, Y Combinator Director of Events Domonique Fines shares her unconventional path from law school aspirant to tech leader, detailing her grass…
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1h 3m Mike Knoop on Product and Design Processes for Remote Teams with Kevin Hale · Y Combinator
In this Y Combinator podcast episode, Zapier co-founder Mike Knoop and YC partner Kevin Hale discuss Zapier's journey from a hackathon prototype to a fully remote, venture-scale automation p…
28 statements 9 featured 4 assessments
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34m Karn Saroya on the Capital-Light Way to Start an Insurance Business · Y Combinator
In this Y Combinator interview, Cover CEO Karn Saroya discusses how he transitioned from management consulting to founding a mobile-first insurance company, highlighting Cover's capital-ligh…
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50m Ryan Hoover on Product Hunt's Acquisition and Lessons Learned About Launches with Dalton Caldwell · Y Combinator
Product Hunt founder Ryan Hoover and Y Combinator Partner Dalton Caldwell discuss the origin, funding, and strategic evolution of Product Hunt alongside essential principles for startup fund…
29 statements 11 featured 6 assessments 1 contradicted
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52m What Shutting Down Your Startup Feels Like - Avni Patel Thompson of Poppy with Kat Manalac · Y Combinator
In this Y Combinator podcast episode, founder Avni Patel Thompson joins Kat Manalac to discuss the shutdown of her childcare startup, Poppy, detailing the economic realities, communication s…
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33m Tracking Political Manipulation Through Social Media - Samantha Bradshaw · Y Combinator
In this interview, Oxford Internet Institute researcher Samantha Bradshaw analyzes the evolution of automated social media bots, foreign election interference, and digital manipulation tacti…
16 statements 5 featured 8 assessments 1 contradicted
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58m Cindy Mi and Qi Lu Share Advice for Entrepreneurs Building Global Companies · Y Combinator
In this Y Combinator interview hosted by Qi Lu, VIPKID founder and CEO Cindy Mi shares insights on her journey from high school dropout to global entrepreneur, highlighting lessons on achiev…
17 statements 6 featured 8 assessments
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34m Vinod Khosla : How to Build the Future · Y Combinator
In this Y Combinator interview hosted by Sam Altman, legendary investor and Sun Microsystems co-founder Vinod Khosla shares his foundational principles for building transformative, billion-d…
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