Y Combinator Startup Podcast
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Episodes (338)
How To Build The Future: Aravind Srinivas
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Building A Supersonic Plane Company From The Ground Up
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The Right (And Wrong) Way To Spend Money At Your Startup
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How To Build The AGI Future: Bob McGrew
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How To Use AI In Your Startup
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How To Build The Future: Parker Conrad
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Building A $2 Billion SaaS Company: Lessons From A Two Time Founder
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How David Lieb Turned A Failed Startup Into Google Photos | Backstory
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How To Start A Dev Tools Company with Nicolas Dessaigne | Startup School
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Twitter vs. X: Product Lessons For Startup Founders | The Breakdown
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How To Build The Future: Sam Altman
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How Do Billion Dollar Startups Start? | Office Hours
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Why Design Matters: Lessons from Stripe, Lyft and Airbnb | Design Review
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How To Find A Co-Founder with Harj Taggar | Startup School
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How To Convert Customers With Cold Emails with Aaron Epstein | Startup School
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How To Improve Cohort Retention with David Lieb | Startup School
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Co-Founder Equity Mistakes to Avoid with Michael Seibel | Startup School
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How Nothing Founder Carl Pei Built A Multi-Million Dollar Smartphone Brand In Ju...
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How To Price For B2B with Tom Blomfield | Startup School
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Why Startup Founders Should Launch Companies Sooner Than They Think | Office Hou...
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Enterprise Sales with Pete Koomen | Startup School
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Startup Experts Discuss Doing Things That Don't Scale | Office Hours
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How to Survive the Crypto Boom & Bust Cycle | Main Function
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Consumer Startup Metrics with Tom Blomfield | Startup School
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When Should You Trust Your Gut? | Dalton & Michael Podcast
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Building Confidence In Yourself and Your Ideas | Dalton & Michael Podcast
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Stop Innovating (On The Wrong Things) | Dalton & Michael Podcast
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Should Your Startup Bootstrap or Raise Venture Capital? | Dalton & Michael Podca...
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How To Build A Tech Startup With No Technical Skills | Dalton & Michael Podcast
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B2B Startup Metrics with Tom Blomfield | Startup School
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Should You Be Optimistic About The Future of Technology? | Dalton & Michael Podc...
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AI and the Future of Law: The 10 Year "Overnight" Success Story | Main Function
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How To NOT Get Screwed As A Software Engineer | Dalton & Michael Podcast
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Should You Quit Your Job At A Unicorn? | Dalton & Michael Podcast
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Does Your Startup Need To Be In San Francisco?
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Will OpenAI Kill All Startups?
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Silicon Valley's Cargo Culting Problem
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Setting KPIs and Goals with Divya Bhat | Startup School
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Tips For Technical Startup Founders | Startup School
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Secrets You Can Learn From Your Customers
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The Student's Guide To Becoming A Successful Startup Founder
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Inside The Most Powerful Startup Community In The World
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How Startup Fundraising Works with Brad Flora | Startup School
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How to Build An MVP with Michael Seibel | Startup School
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How To Earn Customers For Life
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The REAL Potential of Generative AI
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The Hard Conversations Founders Don't Want to Have
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The Best Way To Launch Your Startup with Kat Mañalac | Startup School
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Advantages Of A First-Time Founder
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The Cult of Conformity in Silicon Valley
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