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Y Combinator Startup Podcast

We help founders make something people want.

Episodes

Total: 259

YC's Jared Friedman shares a framework for how to get and evaluate startup ideas. He delves into

In this episode of Startup School, YC Group Partner Harj Taggar shares his advice on the types of pe

Thinking of a new startup idea? Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel discuss the types of ideas to sta

With the YC S22 batch coming to a close, Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel reflect on the recent ba

Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel discuss the qualities that make a founder overly optimistic or fa

Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel discuss the problems with zero sum games within tech culture. Is

Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel discuss the best approaches to developing a healthy lifestyle tha

Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel on the midwit meme, how it applies to startups, and the best exam

Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel on software hacks that don't scale. Companies discussed include G

Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel on common pitfalls in the advice from different types of investor

Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel talk about Paul Graham's essay "Do Things That Don't Scale" and w

Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel talk about the importance of understanding incentives and doing r

Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel talk about OpenSea, Gusto, and the importance of building simple

Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel talk about where the ideas for Airbnb, Coinbase, and Stripe came

Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel on the importance of talking to your users, why successful founde

Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel talk about solutions in search of a problem, whether or not to fo

Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel talk about investor terms and incentives. To create Rookies Mista

Michael Seibel and Dalton Caldwell are back for episode 2 of Rookie Mistakes to discuss common mista

Gusto (YC W12) provides growing businesses with everything to take care of their team. Today, more t

In the first episode of Rookie Mistakes, Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel discuss co-founder mista