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From YC startup library How to find the right co-founder Chapters 0:00 Introduction 0:25 Why have a co-founder at all? 3:43 Starting without a co-founder 7:10 What to look for 11:13 What about skills? 13:38 Where to look for a co-founder 20:18 Maki

💭 Just don’t die. That’s the first real lesson. (00:00–01:40) Dalton Caldwell (Managing Director @ YC) shared what he’s learned from advising 1,000+ startups. Not growth hacks. Not pitch tips. Just the brutal truth about what makes startups survive

Day 2 of The Startup Mafia Series: Why YC Founders Have an Unfair Advantage The world thinks startups are a meritocracy—that the best ideas win, the smartest founders get funded, and anyone can build a billion-dollar company if they just work hard e

🚀 From Gmail to 50+ Unicorns: 10X Startup Wisdom from Aydin Senkut What do Gmail, Canva, Shopify, and Notion have in common? They were all touched by Aydin Senkut, Google’s first PM and founder of Felicis Ventures, one of the most successful VC fir

"If it wasn’t for this one idea, I would’ve been perfectly happy working at Google or Microsoft." That’s how deep Vlad Magdalin’s conviction ran when he built Webflow – now a $4B+ company empowering 200,000+ customers. Just watched his story, and it

Why and How YC Was Started? So, raising seed funding was always slow, complicated, and a hard job. Founders often relied on informal investments from friends or family, with little to no standardization, leaving them vulnerable to legal and financi

Y Combinator backed startups are worth $100B+ Here are 13 must-have resources for founders to learn from YC 👇 These resources cover everything for early-stage founders - from the idea stage and getting into YC to launching and raising funds: 1.)

🚀 Presenting Mr. Niket Raj Dwivedi, Founder & CEO of Medial, at Pannel Discussion: The Game Changers, E-Summit'25! Get ready for an inspiring session as they share insights on entrepreneurship. Date: 8th February 2025 Time: 9:00 AM to 06:30 P

2 pitches that any founder should learn! YC Partner Micheal Seibel emphasises two essential pitches for startup founders: 1. 30-second elevator pitch 2. Two-minute pitch for investors 1. 30-second elevator pitch This should be clear enough for an

ViaWeb, the Shopify of 1900s! So, in 1990s, when the world was Still trying to adapt to the internet, Paul Graham along with his 2 friends were working on something big! They were making a tool that helped people make and manage their online stores