Some of the most underrated lessons I learnt from Y Combinator
- Make something people want
- Talk to your customers everyday
- Build MVP and go to Market ASAP
Share 1-2 lessons from your journey in the comments
Has anyone here ever been selected by Y Combinator?
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SPHERE_ ECSRPED
Hey I am on Medial • 1y
Anyone ex-YC/prepping for Y-combinator here, let's start a meaningful discussion ↓
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Vaibhav Babruwan Shingde
Student • 1y
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
Stripe: YC’s $70B Powerhouse 🏭
While most startups rush to go public, Stripe has thrived privately for 14 years.
At a $70B valuation, it’s Y Combinator’s biggest success—outpacing the next five combined.
Is there any Company or Institution like Y-Combinator in India ?
I am looking for mentoring & Funding. got to know about y-combinator but it basically provide incubation & funding to American based startup and founders have to attend their three mo
Y Combinator Wants More AI Startups — But in Specific Categories
Y Combinator has declared 2025 the "year of AI agents" and is actively recruiting startups that align with this vision for its summer batch. Under the leadership of CEO Garry Tan, the
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Vikas Acharya
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Welbe • 18d
Y Combinator just shared the startups they want to invest in for summer 2025.
The big theme is AI that turns 40-hour jobs into 40-minute tasks.
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.
Ins
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Vikas Acharya
Building WelBe| Entr... • 3m
Sam Altman (CEO, OpenAI & Former Y Combinator President)
"The best ideas are fragile early on. They seem like bad ideas but have some kernel of truth that most people don’t see."
Many great startups initially look like bad ideas—trust your vision