Gusto
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Videos Mentioning Gusto
Ann Summers CEO: The Heartbreaking Story Of One Of Britain's Richest Women! Jacqueline Gold CBE
The Diary Of A CEO
A meal kit service mentioned by Jacqueline Gold as a modern alternative to the cook she employed who prepared family meals.
Elad Gil and Pejman Nozad - Startup Investor School Day 3
Y Combinator
Mentioned as a payroll service that Mixer Labs would have used, indicating a better alternative to ADP and Paychecks.
How to Get and Evaluate Startup Ideas | Startup School
Y Combinator
A company providing payroll software, used as an example of a successful business in a 'boring' space that others shy away from.
Simple Products That Became Big Companies – Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel
Y Combinator
A company that started as Zen Payroll, focusing solely on payroll before expanding to other HR tools.
Q&A with YC Partners at Startup School SV 2016
Y Combinator
A recommended service for running payroll and managing tax withholdings for startups.
Gustaf Alströmer - Growth for Startups
Y Combinator
A B2B company used as an example to illustrate how to define a core metric (running payroll) and its frequency for measuring product market fit.
The 7 Most Powerful Moats For AI Startups
Y Combinator
Mentioned as a defensible SaaS company with a moat built on extensive software and deep backend logic.
SF Compute: Commoditizing Compute
Latent Space
An example of a company that uses CPUs for web servers, where demand plateaus after a certain capacity is met, contrasting with GPU demand.
Travis Kalanick Joins, xAI Rebuild, Spotify CEO Joins, Apple Faces Slop Allegations
TBPN
A unified platform for payroll, benefits, and HR for small and medium-sized businesses.
The Better Customer–Startups or Big Enterprise?
Y Combinator
A payroll company that started with startups, became the de facto provider for yc companies, and used this as a bridge to enter the broader SMB market with a well-developed product.
50 Founders Share Why They Applied To Y Combinator
Y Combinator
A company focused on building HR, payroll, and benefits platforms for small businesses, with a specific mention of its application in the Middle East and North Africa.
YC SUS: Gustaf Alströmer and Eric Migicovsky discuss growth tactics
Y Combinator
A payroll software company mentioned as an example of a successful B2B referral program, offering $500 cash to founders who refer other businesses.
Startup Investor School Day 2 Live Stream
Y Combinator
Mentioned as a 'pretty good' company from Michael Seibel's YC batch (Winter 2012) that would have been a better investment than his own or Justin.tv.