Breakthrough consumer products in the last 20 years. Why do Indians suck at making any consumer product successful ?
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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)
Y Combinator has invested in over 5000 startups with a total valuation of $600 billion.
Out of these, just 4 companies—Stripe, Airbnb, Coinbase, and DoorDash accounts for ~$300 billion of the valuation.
Fascinating, isn’t it?
Title : The Y Combinator -> Turning Startups into Unicorns🚀🦄
• Y Combinator has a big impact on startups
• Its alumni includes famous tech companies like:
• Airbnb
• Dropbox
• Stripe
• Coinbase
• Zepto
• Razorpay
• Reddit
Coinbase founder shares the Y Combinator advice that helped Coinbase find product/market fit
The first version of any product rarely works, and that’s exactly what happened with Coinbase.
When Brian Armstrong, the founder, launched Coinbase, it wa
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Born in 1985 in Chicago, Illinois, and raised in St. Louis, Missouri.
Developed an interest in computers and programming at a young age, getting his first computer at age 8.
Studied compute
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Brian Armstrong's journey to building Coinbase wasn’t easy.
In 2012, he left his job and joined Y Combinator to follow his dream of creating something big.
But things di
Sam Altman started coding at the age of 8.
Born in 1985, Chicago, attended John Burroughs School and later to Stanford Univ, dropped out in 2005. Continued to pursue his passion for tech and entrepreneurship, founded Loopt (location based social netw
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Once exclusive, YC now runs more frequent and larger startup batches, rais
Sam Altman's First Startup!
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Loopt was a location-based social media app launched by @sama in 2005.
It was very similar to any other social media platform, like it had ch
Why did 'Uber for Home Cleaning' Fail?
So, this is Homejoy, a San Francisco based startup founded by Adora and Aaron Cheung in 2010.
It was an online platform which connected customers with home service providers.
They received their first investm
