Startup School by Y Combinator
Learn how to start a startup with YC’s free 10-week course. A series of lectures and conversations with YC Partners, startup founders, and experts on how to start a successful company.
Latest episodes
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Jul 25, 2019 • 32min
How to Talk to Users by Eric Migicovsky
YC Partner Eric Migicovsky outlines a framework for asking questions and collecting feedback from your users.
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Jul 25, 2019 • 27min
How to Evaluate Startup Ideas Pt. 1 by Kevin Hale
YC Partner Kevin Hale walks us through the process of evaluating ideas and how founders should think about their startups.
Nov 11, 2018 • 56min
A Conversation with Werner Vogels
Werner Vogels, CTO of Amazon, joins YC Software Engineer Kyle Corbitt to share his experience and insights on technology and startups.Video LinkVideo Transcript
Oct 24, 2018 • 48min
How to Win by Daniel Gross
Daniel Gross, former YC Partner and founder shares his wisdom of how to survive and thrive as a startup founder.Lecture SlidesLecture TranscriptVideo Link
Oct 24, 2018 • 55min
After PMF: People, Customers, Sales by Mathilde Collin
Mathilde Collin, founder of YC alumnus Front, describes what she learned as she scaled Front to 1000s of paying customers.Video LinkTranscript
Oct 24, 2018 • 55min
The Path to $100B by Paul Buchheit
YC Partner and the creator of Gmail, Paul Buchheit in conversation with Geoff describes how he thinks about companies that manage to scale to the ultimate level.TranscriptVideo Link
Oct 18, 2018 • 53min
A Conversation with Elad Gil
Serial entrepreneur and angel investor Elad Gil sits down with YC Partner Geoff Ralston to discuss startups.TranscriptVideo Link
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Oct 17, 2018 • 48min
How to Get Meetings with Investors and Raise Money by Aaron Harris
YC Partner Aaron Harris gives invaluable advice for how to most effectively and strategically meet with investors.Lecture SlidesLecture TranscriptVideo Link
Oct 17, 2018 • 50min
Understanding Safes and Priced Equity Rounds by Kirsty Nathoo
YC CFO and Partner Kirsty Nathoo gives the lowdown on several different ways to capitalize your company and how those impact founder equity and cap tables overall.Lecture SlidesLecture TranscriptVideo Link
Oct 12, 2018 • 1h 1min
A Conversation on Hard Tech with Eric Migicovsky
YC Partner Adora Cheung talks to YC Partner Eric Migicovsky, previously founder and CEO of Pebble, about his experience as a hard tech startup founder.Video LinkTranscript
