Breakthrough consumer products in the last 20 years. Why do Indians suck at making any consumer product successful ?
Apoorv Khandelwal
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AG Advisersย โขย 11m
From the list provided, the following companies were part of Y Combinator:
1. Reddit (2005)
2. Twitch (2007)
3. Airbnb (2007)
4. Coinbase (2012)
5. Doordash (2013)
6. Instacart (2012)
list of the top 10 Y Combinator startups
Airbnb - Marketplace for renting homes or booking stays.
Stripe - Payment processing for online businesses.
Dropbox - Cloud storage for file sharing.
DoorDash - Food delivery from local restaurants.
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Havish Gupta
Figuring Outย โขย 3m
Y Combinator has invested in over 5000 startups with a total valuation of $600 billion.
Out of these, just 4 companiesโStripe, Airbnb, Coinbase, and DoorDash accounts for ~$300 billion of the valuation.
Fascinating, isnโt it?
Things that didn't exist 24 years ago:
iPhone
iPod
Facebook
YouTube
Twitter
Instagram
Android
Bitcoin
Tesla
TikTok
iPad
Gmail
WhatsApp
Shopify
Netflix streaming
Snapchat
Zoom
Chrome
Etsy
Twitch
Google Maps
Amazon Prime
Airbnb
Uber
Dropbox
LinkedIn
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Vaibhav Babruwan Shingde
Studentย โขย 1y
Title : The Y Combinator -> Turning Startups into Unicorns๐๐ฆ
โข Y Combinator has a big impact on startups
โข Its alumni includes famous tech companies like:
โข Airbnb
โข Dropbox
โข Stripe
โข Coinbase
โข Zepto
โข Razorpay
โข Reddit
Coinbase founder shares the Y Combinator advice that helped Coinbase find product/market fit
The first version of any product rarely works, and thatโs exactly what happened with Coinbase.
When Brian Armstrong, the founder, launched Coinbase, it wa
Story of Airbnb: From Air Mattresses to a Global Hospitality Empire
In 2007, roommates Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia couldnโt afford rent in San Francisco. With a design conference in town and hotels fully booked, they rented out air mattresses in the
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Most people wait for the โperfect timeโ to start their dream project. Brian Armstrong didnโt.
He built Coinbase while wor
Many people have asked me if Sam Altman owns 0% of OpenAI, how could he afford to invest and fund projects the way he does?
1) Note on Early Exit:
โจSam co-founded a startup called Loopt in college. It wasnโt a massive success, but it sold for $43.4
Brian Armstrong tells the founding story of Coinbase: โNothing was workingโ
Brian Armstrong's journey to building Coinbase wasnโt easy.
In 2012, he left his job and joined Y Combinator to follow his dream of creating something big.
But things di
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