Y Combinator

OCTOBER 15, 2020

On November 18, we are hosting our first Future Founders Conference for women who aspire to become a startup founder. The event will be online, and whether you are curious about launching your own startup or are in the early stages of building one, you’ll walk away with the knowledgeable to define your own path.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 24, 2021

Advice for non-technical founders for finding a serious CTO for your startup Finding a co-founder is hard work. Finding a technical co-founder is even harder. Yet, the benefits of having a technical co-founder make it all worthwhile. A good co-founder will serve as a powerful force multiplier.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 1, 2020

James Sutcliffe is the founder and CEO of The Founding Network , a collaboration platform for high-growth founders. If I were to pick one thing that unites the global tech scene in terms of culture I would point to the respect and reverence accorded to startup founders. James Sutcliffe. Contributor.

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Y Combinator

MARCH 15, 2024

Earlier today Michael shared an update with the YC community, outlining a shift to his role within YC moving forward. When I joined YC in 2014, I thought I was transitioning from the management role I had as a startup founder to a job where most of my time would be spent doing office hours with YC founders.

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Y Combinator

APRIL 12, 2023

If you want to learn more about what it takes to start a startup – or how to get a job at one – join us: Join the YC Summer Conference You'll have the chance to connect with YC startups across various stages and learn from the founders’ experiences. Apply to join us!

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NZ Entrepreneur

JANUARY 20, 2022

Sadness for the loss of a bright young New Zealander who had so much going for him, for the terrible loss for Jake’s mother and his whanau and friends, and for the loss of an up and coming innovator and entrepreneur to our business community. It also made me angry. If your business is a success you are a success.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 14, 2022

There’s a galaxy of talented and/or well-connected startup founders out there, but few have any prior fundraising experience, which levels the playing field by an inch or two. Telling a story clearly and succinctly is table stakes, but so many founders miss this step. Sarah Kunst, Cleo Capital.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 17, 2023

If you’re an aspiring or newly minted founder, you’ll find invaluable information, guidance and support — at an early-bird price you can afford — during TechCrunch Early Stage , a one-day founder summit on April 20 in Boston, Massachusetts. Actionable advice and strategies you can implement now. Early Bird Pricing On Sale Now.

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Y Combinator

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

They’ll talk about how they started their companies, the challenges they faced early on, and they’ll share advice for students who want to start and scale a company one day. Today, YC has funded over 100 India-based startups who have raised more than $700M in capital. September 4: IIT Roorkee. 9:30pm – 10:30pm IST.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Kim emphasizes that while all investments are focused on short-term financial performance, founders must concentrate on their long-term business strategy to increase valuation. However, founders must focus on creating a business that continually generates sales and profits. “Only when you are equipped can you become firm.”

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Y Combinator

JUNE 17, 2020

This change will allow us to serve many more founders than the traditional annual course we’ve been running since 2017 and better support startup founders year-round. In addition to this change to continuous admissions, we’ve revamped the Startup School experience to double down on the things our founders have found most useful.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Oculus co-founder Brendan Iribe was a University of Maryland student before dropping out to launch a startup. We’ve all heard success stories about schools like Harvard and Stanford churning out startup founders. The company went on to be a part of Y Combinator and raised $13 million. Michigan State University.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

MARCH 3, 2023

Why we take that with a grain of salt at our consumer startup Photo credit: Derek Liston You hear it constantly in the startup community — “just ship it!” Am I being duped by Twitter-speak and startup mentor nonsense spouted by people with no skin in my game? But, this is really difficult to do as a startup founder.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Strategies to cultivate a community, iterate with an audience and convert it into a customer base Photo: Unsplash In today’s hyper-competitive, fast-paced digital world, it seems like everyone and their smartphone-savvy grandmother is developing a mobile app. Instead, think about building a community (or joining an awesome existing one ).

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Revolution

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Now that a new community exists within Rise of the Rest?—?comprised comprised of the nearly 100 startups we have already invested in from across 50+ cities in the US?—?we These five insights from the Summit stood out as critical business building advice that entrepreneurs all across the country can apply: 1. Leverage?—?and

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 26, 2021

There’s a lot of advice out there on how to grab people’s attention, but there’s one aspect of marketing that Robert Katai thinks isn’t talked about as often: maintaining their attention. And is his advice applicable beyond borders? Now, what other advice do you have for startups?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2021

Join us for two program-packed days dedicated to founders in the earliest stages of startup life (pre-seed through Series A). Early Stage 2021 is an intensive, one-stop entrepreneurial shop where you learn from seasoned experts, founders and investors. Build community and expand your network. Special Breakout Sessions.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 24, 2021

Outlier, founded by MasterClass’ co-founder, closed a $30 million Series C this week , for affordable, digital college courses. The similarities between Outlier and its founder’s alma mater aren’t subtle: It’s literally trying to apply MasterClass’ high-quality videography to college classes. Investors certainly think so.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 24, 2021

The answers and advice we received were as varied as the people we polled, but nearly all of them indicated that learning — e.g., analytics training, getting started with AI tools, etc. — Here’s who we spoke to: Jonathan Martinez, founder, JMStrategy. Gus Ferguson and Alyssa Crankshaw, co-founders, Ascendant.

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Y Combinator

DECEMBER 9, 2020

By the time a company is successful enough to IPO, the many doubts and uncertainties of the early stage startup are largely forgotten, replaced with a hindsight that makes their path to success seem so much more obvious and predictable. Once the applications are all reviewed, we invite the top startups in for a ten minute interview.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

TechCrunch Early Stage — our premier event designed for budding entrepreneurs and founders at the very start of their startup journey — returns by popular demand on April 20, 2023. TC Early Stage has your name written all over it if you: Dream of starting your own business and want to learn how to turn your idea into a viable startup.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 13, 2022

At the TechCrunch Early Stage founder-focused summit on April 20 in Boston, Massachusetts. If you’re an experienced, later-stage startup founder or ecosystem expert who can offer essential or game-changing advice, we encourage you to throw your hat into the Audience Choice voting ring. Apply here today.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

At TechCrunch Early Stage 2021 , a virtual bootcamp experience in two distinct parts, you’ll learn from leading experts across the startup spectrum — including prominent founders ready to share their personal experiences and hard-won advice to help you avoid costly missteps. What’s more, you’ll learn from the best of the best.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 31, 2021

Sophie Alcorn is the founder of Alcorn Immigration Law in Silicon Valley and 2019 Global Law Experts Awards’ “Law Firm of the Year in California for Entrepreneur Immigration Services.” Here’s another edition of “Dear Sophie,” the advice column that answers immigration-related questions about working at technology companies.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JANUARY 7, 2021

Accenture Ventures leader Kathryn Ross has advice for black founders that could be initially deemed counter-intuitive. Kathryn is well-placed to shares insights about black founders and how they are faring in the world of venture capital and entrepreneurship. This is the time to reach out,” Kathryn urges black founders.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

Startup founders just don’t stop. A special thanks goes out to the entrepreneurs, dedicated staff and community partners of ACT Tulsa, a unique joint venture between i2E and ACT House aimed at cultivating and driving innovation of minority-led technology startups located in Tulsa. That is not the case in entrepreneurship.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Hopefully, it’s a helpful guide to founders and operators looking to launch soon. Build a community and let them know you’re launching well ahead of time. Launching on Product Hunt is an exhilarating ride that I’d recommend to any startup founder or builder. Is it 100 new users?

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

DECEMBER 6, 2022

You’ll receive practical startup advice straight to your inbox every week. In this week’s edition, we discuss What startups can learn from trillion-dollar companies. This week on the pod, we were joined by Lloyed Lobo, the co-founder of both Boast.AI Traction is a community of entrepreneurs that is 100,000 strong.

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Founders Coop

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Not coincidentally, they also serve as training grounds for some of the world’s most successful startup founders. Although we haven’t been on the inside at Techstars for several years, we grew up with the program and have watched with growing dismay as it drifted away from its original focus on founders.

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Andreessen Horowitz

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

ABOUT MY FIRST 16 Our new video podcast series My First 16 features interviews with founders and CEOs of fintech companies about how they acquired their initial customers and the hard lessons they learned along the way. And it just seemed obvious to me that someone would make a better bank product for for startups and for entrepreneurs.

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StartupNation

NOVEMBER 6, 2021

For startup founders, the following leadership traits are key. Given how quickly word spreads in the startup community, you can’t risk earning a reputation as a “me first” founder. Entrepreneurs wear many hats: the role of marketing, sales, day-to-day operations and more all fall on your shoulders. Accountability.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2013

My internal compass has always steered me strongly toward the belief that founders who can scale with their startup companies are better to back that founders who eventually need to hire a CEO. Very few founder CEOs go into the job ever expecting to give up their seat. To be a founder in state of mind.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

Tracy DiNunzio isn’t your typical Silicon Valley startup founder. She did her first tech startup after the age of 30. She became part of the fabric of her community. And through this industry legitimacy she was able to get the ear of Dany Levy, the co-founder of Daily Candy. She focused on her customer.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 11, 2022

It’s almost go-time for all you early-stage startup founders! That’s right, on April 14 hundreds of determined entrepreneurs around the world will gather in San Francisco for the best little founder summit we like to call TechCrunch Early Stage. TC Early Stage is structured to foster a sense of community.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

I will even take to emailing people I don’t know offering small bits of advice. I met for coffee with one of my favorite “startup advisors” in LA. I like to meet people like this because in an hour I get catch up on everything going on in the startup community. If you do randomly write me I have advice.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 16, 2021

But since I’ve never actually done those things, I would encourage you to ignore any advice I have to offer. Trusted advice comes from experience. Rami Essaid, CEO and founder, Finmark. Melonee Wise, CEO and co-founder, Fetch Robotics. Melonee Wise, CEO and co-founder, Fetch Robotics.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 1, 2022

If you’re not familiar with TC+, it’s our members-only community that receives access to articles offering extensive market analysis, expert advice from experienced entrepreneurs, deep-dive interviews with investors and founders, plus live weekly coaching, Q&A sessions and more. Let’s back up a moment.

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