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Sep 13, 2017 • 42min

#34 - Elizabeth Iorns on Biotech Companies in YC

Elizabeth Iorns is cofounder and CEO of Science Exchange.Here's info on the YC Fall Tour.Apply to the Winter 2018 batch.
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Sep 8, 2017 • 49min

#33 - The Challenges a Repeat Founder Faces

Tikhon Bernstam cofounded Scribd (YC S06) and Parse (YC S11).Read the transcript here.
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Sep 6, 2017 • 30min

#32 - Hosain Rahman on The "Defibrillator Experiences" of Jawbone

Hosain Rahman is the CEO and Founder of Jawbone. Jessica Livingston is a cofounder of YC.Jessica interviewed Hosain during our 2014 Startup School and this is the recording of their conversation. If you'd like to check out our 2016 Startup School videos they're in a playlist here.
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Sep 1, 2017 • 44min

#31 - Spotting Ecommerce Trends in Shipping Data – Laura Behrens Wu

Laura Behrens Wu, CEO and cofounder of Shippo, discusses the challenges of e-commerce shipping, the future of Blue Apron in the face of Amazon's dominance, e-commerce trends and sustainability, shipping quirks with USPS, types of shipping providers and their specializations, becoming a better manager, and advice for starting a B2B startup.
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Aug 29, 2017 • 50min

#30 - Artist Lauren McCarthy Will Be Your Home's Brain

Lauren McCarthy is an artist and assistant professor at UCLA.Her latest project LAUREN, is a human intelligent smart home. Lauren will visit your home, deploy a series of smart devices, and watch over you remotely 24/7. Learn more here - http://get-lauren.com
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Aug 25, 2017 • 29min

#29 - Jack Dorsey On The Books That Helped Him Succeed

Jack Dorsey is the CEO of Twitter and Square. This is his talk from Startup School 2013.Read the transcript here.
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Aug 23, 2017 • 29min

#28 - Prerequisites for Starting a Company - Phil Libin

Phil Libin, CEO of All Turtles, talks about the prerequisites for starting a company, including the importance of exceptional co-founders and assembling a talented team. He shares his experience merging companies and creating Evernote, as well as the pitfalls of being overly clever with company structure. He also discusses the desperation of securing an investment and the challenges and rewards of starting a company.
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Aug 18, 2017 • 45min

#27 - The CEO Who Pays Employees to De-Locate From the Bay

Wade Foster, CEO of Zapier, discusses their $10,000 relocation offer for new employees and its impact on hiring high-quality candidates. They explore winner-take-all markets and network effects, emphasizing the importance of connections. Advice for founders outside the Bay Area includes focusing on fundamentals and debunking the perception that the best companies are only in the Bay Area. Challenges of building a billion-dollar company in an untapped city are discussed, along with the importance of learning, taking risks, and finding experienced mentors for scaling.
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Aug 16, 2017 • 28min

#26 - Founders of Science Exchange, Goldbely, and The Flex Company Discuss Fundraising

During the Female Founders Conference Kat Manalac invited three YC founders on stage to share their experiences of fundraising. The founders are Elizabeth Iorns of Science Exchange, Vanessa Torrivilla of Goldbely, and Erica Jensen of The Flex Company.
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Aug 11, 2017 • 31min

#25 - Baidu's AI Lab Director on Advancing Speech Recognition and Simulation

Adam Coates, Director of Baidu's Silicon Valley AI Lab, discusses the lab's work in speech-to-text and text-to-speech projects, scaling speech recognition for better performance, the potential of speech recognition as a product, concerns of faking voices, the impact of AI on jobs, and the process of finding and nurturing experts in the AI field.

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