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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Oct 10, 2018 • 53min
Fundraising Fundamentals by Geoff Ralston
YC Partner Geoff Ralston gives an introduction to the key concepts to keep in mind once you enter a fundraising process.Lecture SlidesLecture TranscriptVideo Link
Oct 10, 2018 • 60min
Startup Technology - Technical Founder Advice
YC Partner Jared Friedman joins founders Lillian Chou (COO, Second Measure), Diana Hu (CTO, Escher Reality), Calvin French-Owen (CTO, Segment) and Ralph Gootee (CTO, PlanGrid), to talk about what can go right and wrong building technology.Video Link
Oct 3, 2018 • 55min
A Conversation with Elizabeth Iorns - Advice for Biotech Founders
YC Partner Adora Cheung talks to Science Exchange Co-Founder and CEO Elizabeth Iorns about her experience as a biotech startup founder.TranscriptVideo Link
Oct 3, 2018 • 57min
Running Your Startup by Patrick Collison
YC Partner Adora Cheung, along with Patrick Collison, the founder of well known YC alumnus Stripe, discuss how to most effectively run a startup company towards success.TranscriptVideo Link
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Sep 28, 2018 • 44min
How to Apply and Succeed at Y Combinator by Dalton Caldwell
YC Partner Dalton Caldwell gives insight into how YC admissions works and what makes for a successful YC experience.Clarification on the Application video: Founders can splice together a video if they're not all in the same place; you do not need to be in same place to do the video.Lecture SlidesLecture TranscriptVideo Link
Sep 26, 2018 • 1h 12min
Building an Engineering Team - by Ammon Bartram and Harj Taggar
Former YC Partner and founder of TripleByte Harj Taggar, along with his cofounder Ammon Bartram discuss a topic startups often struggle with most: finding and hiring the key engineers who will build your product.Lecture SlidesLecture TranscriptVideo Link
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Sep 26, 2018 • 53min
How to Sell by Tyler Bosmeny
Tyler Bosmeny from YC alumnus Clever shares his expertise on how an early stage company should think about sales and about building an enterprise sales team.Lecture SlidesLecture TranscriptVideo Link
Sep 21, 2018 • 1h 1min
A Conversation with Aileen Lee
YC Partner Geoff Ralston talks to Cowboy Ventures Founder Aileen Lee.TranscriptVideo Link
Sep 19, 2018 • 53min
PR + Content for Growth by Kat Mañalac and Craig Cannon
YC Partner Kat Mañalac and Director of Marketing Craig Cannon describe the most effective ways to use PR and content to help your companies brand and to find more users.Lecture SlidesLecture TranscriptVideo Link
Sep 19, 2018 • 20min
Design for Startups (Part 2) by Garry Tan
Former YC partner Garry Tan, the founder of Initialized Capital and a design expert describes how to effectively integrate design into a product development process.Lecture SlidesLecture TranscriptVideo Link
