Episodes
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25 episodes in 2022
🎙Y COMBINATOR
22m How to Get Your First Customers | Startup School · Y Combinator
In this Y Combinator Startup School lecture, Group Partner Gustaf Alströmer explains how early-stage founders can successfully acquire their first customers through direct, founder-led sales…
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24m Critiquing Startup Websites With Webflow CEO · Y Combinator
In this special on-location episode of Y Combinator's Design Review, Aaron Epstein joins Webflow Co-Founder and CEO Vlad Magdalin to critique landing pages built on Webflow. Together, they e…
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32m Startup Business Models and Pricing | Startup School · Y Combinator
In this Y Combinator Startup School presentation, Group Partner Aaron Epstein breaks down the nine fundamental business models behind top tech startups and outlines actionable pricing princi…
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17m How To Talk To Users | Startup School · Y Combinator
In this Y Combinator Startup School lecture, Group Partner Gustaf Alströmer provides a comprehensive framework for how startup founders should find, interview, and learn from prospective use…
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32m How to Get and Evaluate Startup Ideas | Startup School · Y Combinator
In this Y Combinator Startup School lecture, Group Partner Jared Friedman presents a structured guide on evaluating and generating high-potential startup ideas while avoiding common founder …
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17m Should You Start A Startup? | Startup School · Y Combinator
In this Y Combinator Startup School lecture, Group Partner Harj Taggar breaks down the essential traits of successful founders—highlighting resilience over outgoing confidence—and provides a…
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26m The Truth About Y Combinator · Y Combinator
In this Y Combinator post-batch reflection, Michael Seibel and Dalton Caldwell examine common startup misconceptions, clarify YC's actual structural support, and offer practical advice on na…
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21m Advantages Of A First-Time Founder · Y Combinator
In this episode of Inside the Group Partner Lounge, Y Combinator Group Partners Michael Seibel, Harj Taggar, and Brad Flora explore why first-time startup founders often hold distinct psycho…
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24m The Two Mindsets That Can KILL Your Startup · Y Combinator
Y Combinator partners Michael Seibel and Dalton Caldwell examine how extreme optimism and extreme pessimism can both destroy early-stage startups. They explain why elite founders must cultiv…
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18m What Basic Game Theory Teaches Us About Startups · Y Combinator
Y Combinator partners Michael Seibel and Dalton Caldwell explore how basic game theory applies to startups, contrasting predatory zero-sum wealth extraction with productive positive-sum valu…
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32m Most Important Lifestyle Habits Of Successful Founders · Y Combinator
Y Combinator partners Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel outline essential lifestyle habits, mental health strategies, and operational frameworks designed to help startup founders prevent se…
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19m Y Combinator Is Back In Person · Y Combinator
Y Combinator partners Michael Seibel and Dalton Caldwell announce the return of in-person programming for the Summer 2022 batch while sharing actionable advice on startup trends, founder min…
11 statements 4 featured 1 assessments
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19m Don't Make These Hiring Mistakes · Y Combinator
Y Combinator Group Partners discuss critical hiring mistakes early-stage founders make, warning against premature expansion before achieving product-market fit. They emphasize keeping teams …
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35m Save Your Startup During an Economic Downturn · Y Combinator
In this Y Combinator presentation, partners Michael Seibel and Dalton Caldwell explain the critical framework of 'Default Alive vs. Default Dead,' offering practical guidance for startup fou…
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15m Investors Said No, Now What? · Y Combinator
In this episode of Inside the Group Partner Lounge, Y Combinator partners explain how founders should navigate investor rejections by ignoring superficial excuses and focusing on business ex…
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19m Why You Should Leave Your FAANG Job · Y Combinator
In this video, Y Combinator partners Michael Seibel and Dalton Caldwell dismantle common myths surrounding FAANG employment for aspiring startup founders, highlighting the traps of big tech …
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16m How To Compete With Amazon and Google · Y Combinator
Y Combinator group partners discuss how early-stage startups can successfully navigate competition, overcome panic regarding rivals, and defeat tech giants by focusing on customer needs rath…
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20m How Future Billionaires Get Sh*t Done · Y Combinator
In this episode of the Y Combinator podcast, hosts Michael Seibel and Dalton Caldwell break down high-performance time management, operational productivity, and mentalities essential for sta…
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17m Elon Musk & The Midwit Meme – Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel · Y Combinator
Y Combinator partners Michael Seibel and Dalton Caldwell examine how overthinking traps early-stage startup founders into unnecessary complexity. Using the 'midwit' meme framework, they demo…
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24m Why Investors Can’t Fix Your Company – Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel · Y Combinator
In this Y Combinator discussion, partners Michael Seibel and Dalton Caldwell examine why early-stage founders cannot rely on investors to fix core product or business issues. They break down…
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25m Things That Don't Scale, The Software Edition – Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel · Y Combinator
Y Combinator partners Michael Seibel and Dalton Caldwell explore how iconic technology companies used dirty software hacks, hardware workarounds, and unscalable practices to survive early gr…
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18m How To Change The World? Get The Small Things Right – Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel · Y Combinator
In this episode of Y Combinator's 'Rookie Mistakes' series, Group Partners Michael Seibel and Dalton Caldwell analyze real confessions from YC alumni, emphasizing why early-stage founders mu…
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21m Simple Products That Became Big Companies – Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel · Y Combinator
In this Y Combinator discussion, Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel analyze common startup rookie mistakes, emphasizing the critical importance of core product simplicity, focus, and true cu…
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20m Where Do Great Startup Ideas Come From? – Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel · Y Combinator
Y Combinator partners Michael Seibel and Dalton Caldwell analyze how iconic startups like Airbnb, Coinbase, and Stripe originated by solving immediate user pain points, overcoming widespread…
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18m Should You Follow Your Passion? – Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel · Y Combinator
In this episode of Y Combinator's 'Rookie Mistakes' series, partners Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel challenge traditional advice about 'following your passion' in startups. They explain …
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