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We’re still talking about Y Combinator valuations

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As The TechCrunch team sat through hundreds of startup pitches during YC’s biannual Demo Day, the backdrop of change was certainly noted. As The TechCrunch team sat through hundreds of startup pitches during YC’s biannual Demo Day, the backdrop of change was certainly noted. To get this in your inbox, subscribe here.

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Work with us: Looking for great people to join YC’s software & community teams

Y Combinator

To make that all possible, we’re growing our YC team. At YC, you’ll gain a unique perspective on what it takes to build a company from the ground up — from learning how to start a company , to finding customers , to raising funding and hiring early employees , to raising a Series A and scaling beyond.

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Despite the venture slowdown, fintech startups are still hiring

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If you’re reading this as a post on our site, sign up here so you can receive it directly in the future. Every week, I’ll take a look at the hottest fintech news of the previous week. This will include everything from funding rounds to trends to an analysis of a particular space to hot takes on a particular company or phenomenon.

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Draft.dev CEO Karl Hughes on the importance of using experts in developer marketing

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Mostly Series A- and Series B-funded, so they have got some funding and some knowledge that content marketing works for their audience. Developers can be a tough crowd. They typically hate being marketed to and are often short on time, which sets a particularly high bar for any content marketing aimed at them.

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2021 — YC Year in Review

Y Combinator

In June, I wrote a blog post comparing YC to CRISPR. When a founder is accepted into YC, we modify the startup’s DNA, edit it, to include key alleles that make success more likely. In 2021, many YC founders led their companies to achieve outstanding results, and we are honored to be part of these companies’ history.

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2021 — YC Year in Review

Y Combinator

In June, I wrote a blog post comparing YC to CRISPR. When a founder is accepted into YC, we modify the startup’s DNA, edit it, to include key alleles that make success more likely. Of course, YC itself remained remote during 2021, as did all of our programs. Like most of the world, there were ups and downs.

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Always be prompting

TechCrunch

Welcome to Startups Weekly, a nuanced take on this week’s startup news and trends by Senior Reporter and Equity co-host Natasha Mascarenhas. To get this in your inbox, subscribe here. Reporter’s note: Before we get into this, thank you to the Startups Weekly readers who pointed out that last week’s link to my column was broken. Ask for help.