Y Combinator Startup Podcast
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Episodes (338)
Don't Make These Hiring Mistakes
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Keys To Successful Co-Founder Relationships with Cat Li & Divya Bhat | Startup S...
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How To Compete With Amazon and Google
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The Secrets To Setting Smarter Goals
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Investors Said No, Now What?
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When to Launch Your Startup and When to Wait
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How to Get Your First Customers with Gustaf Alströmer | Startup School
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Startup Business Models and Pricing with Aaron Epstein | Startup School
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How to Talk to Users with Gustaf Alströmer | Startup School
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How to Get and Evaluate Startup Ideas with Jared Friedman | Startup School
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Should You Start a Startup? with Harj Taggar | Startup School
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Avoid These Tempting Startup Ideas
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The Truth About Y Combinator
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The Two Mindsets That Can Kill Your Startup
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What Basic Game Theory Teaches Us About Startups
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Most Important Lifestyle Habits Of Successful Founders
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Elon Musk & The Midwit Meme
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Things That Don't Scale, The Software Edition
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Why Investors (including YC) Can’t Fix Your Company
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What Does It REALLY Mean To Do Things That Don't Scale?
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How To Change The World? Get The Small Things Right
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Simple Products That Became Big Companies
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Where Do Great Startup Ideas Come From?
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Successful Founders Are OK With Rejection
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Should You Follow Your Passion?
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Understanding Investor Terms & Incentives
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YC Founders Made These Fundraising Mistakes
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YC Founder Firesides: Gusto on building for new verticals
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Co-Founder Mistakes That Kill Companies & How To Avoid Them
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Dealing With Setbacks And The Startup Gut Punch
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Saving Your Startup During an Economic Downturn
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Why You Should Leave Your FAANG Job
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How Future Billionaires Get Sh*t Done
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#157 - Diego Saez Gil
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#156 - Amber Atherton and Iba Masood
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#155 - Laks Srini
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#154 - Matt Cutts
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#153 - Cory Doctorow and Joe Betts-LaCroix
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#151 - Startup School Week 10 Recap - Ali Rowghani on How to Lead and Kevin Hale...
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#150 - Startup School Week 9 Recap - Carolynn Levy on Modern Startup Financing a...
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#149 - Startup School Week 8 Recap - Adora Cheung on Prioritizing Your Time and...
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#148 - Startup School Week 7 Recap - Kevin Hale on Conversion Rates and Pricing
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#147 - Startup School Week 6 Recap - Tim Brady on Culture and Dalton Caldwell on...
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#146 - Startup School Week 5 Recap - Kirsty Nathoo and Kevin Hale
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#145 - Startup School Week 4 Recap - Kat Mañalac and Gustaf Alströmer
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#144 - Startup School Week 3 Recap - Anu Hariharan and Adora Cheung
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#143 - Startup School Week 2 Recap: Michael Seibel, Adora Cheung, and Ilya Volod...
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#142 - Startup School Week 1 Recap: Kevin Hale and Eric Migicovsky
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#141 - Diana Hu
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#140 - Aaron Harris on Fundraising and Meeting with Investors
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