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Oct 18, 2017 • 1h 3min
#41 - Experiments in Art and Technology with Artforum Editor Michelle Kuo
Michelle Kuo is Editor in Chief of Artforum.Kat Mañalac is a Partner at YC.Michelle came in to chat with us about art and technology and, in particular, a group called Experiments in Art and Technology.

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Oct 13, 2017 • 1h 12min
#40 - Content Marketing Tips from Experts at First Round Capital and Andreessen Horowitz
Camille Ricketts is the Head of Content and Marketing at First Round Capital.Sonal Chokshi is an Editorial Partner at Andreessen Horowitz.

Oct 11, 2017 • 59min
#39 - Mr. Robot's Technical Producer and Writer - Kor Adana
Kor Adana is a writer and technical producer on Mr. Robot.Mr. Robot season three premieres tonight.

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Oct 4, 2017 • 49min
#38 - The More You Communicate with Users, the Higher Chance You'll Build Something They Want - Ryan Hoover of Product Hunt
Ryan Hoover, founder of Product Hunt, shares insights and advice for non-technical founders. They discuss prototyping and validating ideas without coding, building a distributed team, exploring trends in product development and launching on Product Hunt, the importance of giving up work and allowing team autonomy, Product Hunt's investment focus, investment goals and areas of interest, and thoughts on the rise of crypto assets and spare time activities.

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Sep 27, 2017 • 53min
#37 - Don't Start a Blog, Start a Cult - Mr. Money Mustache
Pete Adeney, aka Mr. Money Mustache, shares his journey to retire at 30 and achieve financial freedom through badassity. Topics include building a cult-like following, sustainable transportation, frugal city living, factors for long-term happiness, future planning, embracing frugality, parenting strategies, and gap years for financial resilience.

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Sep 22, 2017 • 1h
#36 - Your Whole Goal Is to Not Quit - Courtland Allen of Indie Hackers
Courtland Allen is the founder of Indie Hackers, a place where the founders of profitable businesses and side projects can share their stories transparently, and where entrepreneurs can come to read and learn from those examples.Check out the Indie Hackers podcast here.

Sep 15, 2017 • 1h 19min
#35 - The Technical Challenges of Measuring Gravitational Waves - Rana Adhikari of LIGO
Rana Adhikari is a Professor of Physics at Caltech and a member of the LIGO team, who were the first to measure gravitational waves.Their detection papers are available here.

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.

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.

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.