Episodes
13 years of tape. Every episode is checked claim by claim and playable.
20 episodes in 2024
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19m How David Lieb Turned a Failing Startup Into Google Photos | Backstory · Y Combinator
This documentary-style video chronicles David Lieb's journey from co-founding Bump and navigating product failure to fighting corporate resistance at Google to launch Google Photos, culminat…
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32m How To Start A Dev Tools Company | Startup School · Y Combinator
In this Y Combinator Startup School lecture, former Algolia co-founder Nicolas Dessaigne provides a practical framework for founding, building, and scaling a developer tools company. He outl…
38 statements 11 featured 4 assessments 1 contradicted
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22m Twitter vs. X: Product Lessons For Startup Founders · Y Combinator
In this inaugural episode of Y Combinator's 'The Breakdown', hosts Tom Blomfield and Dave Lieb analyze Twitter's transformation into X to extract essential product design and strategy lesson…
20 statements 6 featured 1 assessments
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35m Why The Next AI Breakthroughs Will Be In Reasoning, Not Scaling · Y Combinator
Y Combinator managing partners analyze the fundamental shift in AI development from parameter scaling to step-by-step inference reasoning. Through live startup demos and technical breakdowns…
18 statements 5 featured 3 assessments
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46m How To Build The Future: Sam Altman · Y Combinator
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman joins Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan on 'How To Build The Future' to discuss the exponential trajectory of artificial intelligence, the historical advantages of agile start…
22 statements 7 featured 2 assessments
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33m The 10 Trillion Parameter AI Model With 300 IQ · Y Combinator
Y Combinator partners analyze the implications of OpenAI's o1 model and future 10 trillion parameter superintelligent systems, examining how shifting developer preferences, near-perfect reas…
23 statements 12 featured 1 assessments
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33m Why Design Matters: Lessons from Stripe, Lyft and Airbnb · Y Combinator
In this episode of 'Design Review,' Y Combinator host Aaron Epstein interviews Katie Dill, Head of Design at Stripe, to discuss how design drives startup success and builds customer trust. D…
12 statements 7 featured 2 assessments
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18m How Do Billion Dollar Startups Start? · Y Combinator
Y Combinator President Garry Tan and YC Group Partners pull back the curtain on the unvarnished origins of now-billion-dollar startups like Solugen, Amplitude, Segment, CaptivateIQ, Jeeves, …
7 statements 3 featured 3 assessments
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21m Stripe Head of Design Katie Dill Reviews Startup Websites · Y Combinator
In this episode of Design Review, Y Combinator Group Partner Aaron Epstein and Stripe Head of Design Katie Dill evaluate user-submitted startup websites to provide actionable advice on visua…
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20m How To Find A Co-Founder | Startup School · Y Combinator
In this Y Combinator Startup School lecture, Group Partner Harj Taggar outlines why entrepreneurs need co-founders, how to evaluate and source potential partners, and how to maintain healthy…
16 statements 5 featured 2 assessments 1 contradicted
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32m How To Convert Customers With Cold Emails | Startup School · Y Combinator
In this Y Combinator Startup School lecture, Group Partner Aaron Epstein presents a comprehensive guide on writing high-converting cold emails and managing outbound sales funnels for early-s…
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21m How Nothing Founder Carl Pei Built A Multi-Million Dollar Smartphone Brand In Just 2 Years · Y Combinator
In this episode of The Main Function, Y Combinator President Garry Tan interviews Nothing founder Carl Pei about his journey from tech enthusiast and OnePlus co-founder to building a success…
12 statements 4 featured 1 assessments
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17m How To Price For B2B | Startup School · Y Combinator
In this Y Combinator Startup School lecture, Group Partner Tom Blomfield presents a practical, end-to-end framework for early-stage B2B founders to establish, defend, and iteratively optimiz…
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18m Why Startup Founders Should Launch Companies Sooner Than They Think · Y Combinator
In this Y Combinator 'Office Hours' episode hosted by Garry Tan, YC group partners dissect why first-time startup founders delay product launches due to fear of public failure and corporate …
12 statements 4 featured 2 assessments
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23m Enterprise Sales | Startup School · Y Combinator
In this Y Combinator Startup School lecture, Pete Koomen provides early-stage founders with a practical, step-by-step guide to executing enterprise sales, covering everything from prospectin…
16 statements 6 featured 1 assessments
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25m Startup Experts Discuss Doing Things That Don't Scale · Y Combinator
This video features Y Combinator Group Partners discussing Paul Graham's foundational essay "Do Things That Don't Scale" and analyzing how early-stage startups achieve success through manual…
12 statements 3 featured 2 assessments 1 contradicted
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23m Why Founders Shouldn't Think Like Investors · Y Combinator
In this episode of Dalton & Michael, Y Combinator partners explain why early-stage founders must avoid thinking like venture capitalists and instead focus on rapid product development and di…
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21m Building Confidence In Yourself and Your Ideas · Y Combinator
In this episode of the 'Dalton + Michael' podcast, Y Combinator partners Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel discuss common pitfalls early startup founders face, including superficial validat…
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32m The Truth About Building AI Startups Today · Y Combinator
In the inaugural episode of The Light Cone podcast, Y Combinator group partners analyze the current AI startup landscape, sharing strategic advice on navigating market opportunities, technic…
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22m Consumer Startup Metrics | Startup School · Y Combinator
In this Y Combinator Startup School lecture, former Monzo co-founder Tom Blomfield presents key performance metrics for consumer startups, covering user growth targets, organic virality, uni…
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