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4/21/2024
20 : 24
🧠 When should a founder trust gut instincts?
Plus: meet YC's newest Group Partner! This Week at YC April 21st, 2024 First: the deadline to apply for the Summer 2024 batch is tomorrow (April 22nd). If you're on the fence about applying,
4/14/2024
20 : 24
🚀 The YC startups turning Sci-Fi into reality
Some of our most successful companies are the ones doing the wildest things | This Week at YC April 14th, 2024 Many of the most recent YC newsletters have focused on our traditions, old and new. Things
4/7/2024
20 : 24
🟧 Meet the YC Winter 2024 Batch!
Congrats, W24! | This Week at YC April 7th, 2024 This week was Demo Day for the Winter 2024 batch! This is where all of the startups from the latest YC cohort get to show an audience of the world's
3/31/2024
20 : 24
🟧 25 YC companies doing amazing things with AI
New Lightcone! This Week at YC March 31st, 2024 The latest episode of the Lightcone podcast is all about AI. Garry, Diana, Jared, and Harj kick things off with some never-before-seen videos generated
3/22/2024
21 : 4
🧠 Why founders shouldn't think like investors
Build for customers, not VCs | This Week at YC March 22nd, 2024 "I met the Reddits before we even started Y Combinator," writes Paul Graham. "In fact they were one of the reasons we
3/15/2024
20 : 24
🏠 YC's new home
Plus a new episode of Lightcone! This Week at YC March 15th, 2024 This week Garry, Jared, Diana and Harj are back with a brand new episode of the Lightcone Podcast, this time all about San Francisco
3/8/2024
21 : 34
💰 The billion-dollar pivot
Lessons from Clipboard Health's founder This Week at YC March 8th, 2024 Today Clipboard Health is an incredible company with a product used by thousands of healthcare facilities, and was most
3/1/2024
22 : 4
💪 How to build confidence in your ideas
New Dalton + Michael! This Week at YC March 1st, 2024 There's a new episode of Dalton + Michael this week. It's a great one, primarily about the challenges of balancing (often negative)
2/23/2024
21 : 24
🥽 Should startups be building on Apple Vision Pro?
YC's Group Partners weigh in | This Week at YC February 23rd, 2024 Two weeks ago we launched Lightcone, a twice-a-month podcast where YC Group Partners Garry, Diana, Harj, and Jared talk about new
2/19/2024
1 : 44
💡Startup ideas we want to fund
Plus a new D&M! This Week at YC February 16th, 2024 The last two newsletter intros have been about YC traditions, so let's make it three. It's becoming a tradition for me to write about
2/9/2024
21 : 24
💸 Bootstrap or VC?
New Dalton & Michael! This Week at YC February 9th, 2024 Last week I mentioned how the new office gives us room for lots of new traditions. It means the return of some old traditions, as well. If
2/2/2024
21 : 54
How Tom Blomfield created two (!) billion-dollar startups
The YC Group Partner shares his backstory This Week at YC February 2nd, 2024 We (very) recently opened a new office in San Francisco, and with a new office comes room for new traditions. The newest
1/26/2024
23 : 4
Gustaf's best advice for anyone starting a company
YC's Gustaf Alstromer brings the knowledge | This Week at YC January 26th, 2024 A solid number of people wrote in after I mentioned the W24 retreat last week to say they appreciated that glimpse
1/19/2024
23 : 24
🚩 Red flags in YC interviews
Dalton shares a few things he watches for | This Week at YC January 19th, 2024 This week was an important one for the YC W24 batch, but not one that's super-widely known outside of YC: the retreat.
1/12/2024
21 : 24
Do technical founders need business co-founders?
New episode of Dalton & Michael! This Week at YC January 12th, 2024 Let's say you can't code, but you've got business experience and big ideas for a software startup. With all the no-
1/5/2024
21 : 24
What's the best advice you've ever received?
YC's Pete Koomen shares an important lesson This Week at YC January 5th, 2024 And we're back! Happy New Year. In the last newsletter of 2023, I asked you all to write in and let me know if you
12/22/2023
21 : 24
Should you be optimistic about the future of tech?
A new 'Dalton & Michael' is here! This Week at YC December 22nd, 2023 Hey all! This'll be the last YC Newsletter to go out in 2023, as the last few days of the year will (ideally) be a
12/15/2023
21 : 34
What metrics should founders care about?
New episode of Startup School! This Week at YC December 15th, 2023 Founders and therapy A few weeks ago YC President Garry Tan gave a talk at Stanford as part of the school's Entrepreneurial
12/8/2023
21 : 24
When that “weakness” is really a huge advantage
Plus a new episode of Design Review! This Week at YC December 8th, 2023 When you're an early stage startup founder in a world of mega companies, it's easy to see your team's size of just
12/1/2023
22 : 14
Why you really DO need a technical co-founder
Based on the thousands of companies YC has funded... | This Week at YC December 1st, 2023 When to launch When is the right time to launch that thing you've been building? The answer is, generally,