Hiring more employees will not help you get to product market fit. More developers won't make a big difference, either. Always assume that the previous money that you raise will be your last. Don't hire too quickly if you don't know your expentions.
We've cut down the fifth week of lectures to be even shorter and combined them into one podcast.
First a lecture from Kirsty Nathoo. Kirsty is a partner and CFO of YC. Her lecture focuses on the most common mistakes startups make with their finances and how they can avoid making them.
Then a lecture from Kevin Hale. Kevin is also a partner at YC and he’ll talk about the importance of building a successful working relationship with your cofounders and processes you can use to do so.
Y Combinator invests a small amount of money ($150k) in a large number of startups (recently 200), twice a year.