Y Combinator
American startup accelerator
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How to Apply and Succeed at Y Combinator by Dalton Caldwell
Y Combinator
A startup accelerator that provides seed funding and mentorship to early-stage startups. The speaker, head of admissions, explains the application and interview process.

Relentless Focus, Full-Contact Entrepreneurship, Epigenetic Reprogramming, and More
Tim Ferriss
A startup incubator that Coinbase went through, known for teaching entrepreneurs the 'startup hype cycle' and the importance of customer iteration.

Building an Engineering Team by Ammon Bartram and Harj Taggar
Y Combinator
Ammon Bartram was previously a partner at Y Combinator, and TripleByte is a YC alumnus. It's a startup accelerator program.

How to Sell by Tyler Bosmeny
Y Combinator
A startup accelerator that runs Startup School and provides resources for founders, including a sales template.

PR + Content for Growth by Kat Mañalac and Craig Cannon
Y Combinator
The organization where Kat Manalac and Craig Cannon work, providing frameworks for marketing, content marketing, and press for early-stage founders.

Design for Startups by Garry Tan (Part 1)
Y Combinator
A startup accelerator that Gary Tan is a former partner of. The Startup School is hosted by them.

Advice for Students and Recent Graduates on Finding Jobs – Liz Wessel of WayUp
Y Combinator
A startup accelerator program that WayUp participated in, mentioned for its advice on making something people want.

Gustaf Alstromer - How to Get Users and Grow
Y Combinator
Gustav Alstromer's current affiliation and the organizer of the talk.

A Conversation with Ooshma Garg - Moderated by Adora Cheung
Y Combinator
Accelerator program where Ooshma Garg participated with Gobble after initial struggles, providing funding and support.

All-In Summit: Alexandra Botez takes on the Besties in a 1v4 simultaneous chess match
All-In Podcast
An organization that Alexandra Botez's startup, CrowdAMP, went through during its fundraising process.

Building the Silicon Brain - Drew Houston of Dropbox
Latent Space
The startup accelerator ethos is mentioned as a core early-stage focus for Dropbox, centered on coding and talking to customers.

David Rusenko - How To Find Product Market Fit
Y Combinator
An organization that David Rusenko applied to and got accepted into, which provided support for Weebly's early development.

Michael Seibel - Building Product
Y Combinator
A startup accelerator that Michael Seibel leads, providing advice and funding to early-stage companies.

Passive Income Expert: How To Make $10k Per Month In 90 Days!
The Diary Of A CEO

A Conversation with Paul Graham - Moderated by Geoff Ralston
Y Combinator
A startup accelerator co-founded by Paul Graham, providing funding, mentorship, and resources to early-stage companies.

Ryan Petersen on Building Flexport, a Modern Freight Forwarder
Y Combinator
A startup accelerator program that both Ryan Petersen and his brother participated in. Ryan credits it with helping him secure funding and other opportunities.

E146: Did the Fed break the VC model? Plus IPOs, M&A, revaluing unicorns & more
All-In Podcast
Startup accelerator, mentioned as having massive deal flow, providing a benchmark for venture funds seeking differentiation.

All-In Summit: Nuclear fusion and the potential for energy abundance
All-In Podcast
An organization formerly run by Sam Altman, mentioned in relation to his investment background.

Geoff Ralston and Adora Cheung Discuss Startup School
Y Combinator
A startup accelerator that runs Startup School, offering mentorship, resources, and a pathway to their core program.

Work at a Startup Expo 2018
Y Combinator
A well-known startup accelerator program. Referenced by Justin Kahn as a place he's been through multiple times and by Sam Altman as a source of metrics and a model for identifying trends.

From Startup to Scaleup | Sam Altman and Reid Hoffman
Y Combinator
Sam Altman's role as president is discussed, focusing on strategies to scale the organization itself through methods like the continuity fund and online courses, as well as advising startups.

Kieran Snyder of Textio at the Seattle Female Founders Conference
Y Combinator
Mentioned as a source of alumni who used and recommended Textio.

Jessica Livingston at Startup School 2012
Y Combinator
A startup accelerator that funds early-stage startups. The speaker is a co-founder and discusses its history and processes.

Avni Patel Thompson at the Seattle Female Founders Conference
Y Combinator
An organization Avni Patel Thompson and her co-founder went through in Winter 2016.