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  1. As a software engineer who's dedicated their career to solving problems and writing great code I've recently been straddling the line between build an ai powered startup and "lay down on a bed" I was slightly leaning towards lay down but this video was inspiring and helpful.
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  2. Chapters (Powered by ChapterMe) - 0:00 Coming up 1:00 What made 2024 great for startups 13:55 Tech and gov’t intersecting more 15:37 Who else in tech had W’s in 2024? 20:48 Voice AI has a lot of potential applications 23:17 Robotics is on the rise 25:57 What were the big flops of 2024? 27:54 AI coding really broke out in 2024 29:00 Is startup hiring going to change? 34:43 YC in person Demo Day is back! 36:50 San Francisco optimism + outro
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  3. Great content right here. Thanks so much. Y Combinator saving business since 1897. 👏 👏
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  4. Chapters (Powered by ChapterMe) - 00:00 - Coming Up 00:17 - Intro 00:36 - The 3 fights 01:16 - The Web Era 06:01 - The Mobile Era 10:42 - The Late Mobile Era 13:43 - Dawn Of A New Era 16:46 - High Startup Bar 18:48 - Better Tools 22:04 - Who Is The Winner? 23:29 - TL;DR
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  5. The whole world should stop and listen when PB speaks.....he is a brilliant and independent thinker that doesn't share enough. Thank you for this video. He has very little to gain in sharing his wisdom. It is invaluable to us.
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  6. Chapters (Powered by ChapterMe) - 00:00 - Coming Up 00:28 - Intro 00:42 - What is vibe coding? 01:00 - What founders in the current YC batch are saying 04:35 - Debugging and building systems 06:59 - The models people are using now 10:01 - What percentage of code is being written by LLM’s? 11:58 - What changed and what stayed the same? 14:04 - How hiring engineers are chaning? 15:38 - 2 different stages: 0 to 1 vs Twitter 18:08 - How Triplebyte did candidate assessments and how would that change in this era 21:37 - Key skills that will remain relevant 23:01 - How do you develop taste without classical training? 26:26 - Twitter Analogy with Facebook 28:13 - Crazy story: Between Palantir and YC Startup 30:58 - Outro: This is not a FAD
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  7. Super interesting; only 20min in and am enjoying it a lot so far. Terrific insights. Everyone should watch the segment from 15mins to about 25mins about how to guide your customers towards you properly
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  8. Great Interview just what I needed
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  9. You are getting better at understanding what the customers of Y Combinator podcasts really wants! Detailed stories and insights from great entrepreneurs that acts as a substitute for experience. A lot of knowledge is locked into peoples heads, and these people are often too busy executing. Even if not all are relevant to your specific situation it still enhances your thinking.
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  10. Thanks for having me on Garry. It's a pleasure to see how crypto is already changing the world, and play a small part in shaping how it will continue to do so in the future.
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  11. My first video was her brain surgery reveal and from there I reversed order watched all her previous content. She's quite amazing.
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  12. Andromeda Surgical (YC S23) - autonomous surgical robots. We’ll be on here next time!
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  13. Chapters (Powered by ChapterMe) - 00:00 - Coming Up 00:16 - Intro: How Fast Is Too Fast? 00:26 - Rigorous Thinking: Very Low Effort 02:10 - Superficial Validation: LinkedIn spam no one wants 02:52 - PM training for user research hinders sales success 03:26 - Coming from big company: You have never solved your problem 04:09 - People Pivot Quickly: Don't Build a Muscle of Building Conviction 05:52 - Founder Personality Traits: Conviction 06:57 - What Conviction Means? 07:40 - Investors Horrible Ideas ≠ Bad Startup Idea 08:26 - YC founders mistakes: Fear and fake information 10:03 - Fear: False Expectations 11:00 - Sales techniques learned in previous jobs 12:52 - New YC Standard Deal 13:33 - "Pivotitis": Bad Case 14:01 - Random Walk: Not getting anywhere 16:11 - A Useless MVP: Launch a product that help no one and then pivot 16:49 - Definition of MVP: Someone should use your MVP 17:36 - YC Application Tips for Developer Tools 18:20 - Earnest point: Using your own tool and making one customer happy 19:40 - Summary 20:56 - Outro
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  14. You don't know how inspiring this video is for me. Being based in a developing country where I cannot find co founders or people wanting to create new things. Here there's no such a entrepreneur culture. I have to keep motivated and inspired by reading stories and watching these kind of videos. There's this great feeling inside of me now that I know that there are more people starting companies. Thank you so much.
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  15. I was starting at Georgia Tech when he was finishing up -- great guy, glad to see him here!
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  16. They mentioned claude several times in the last episode genius
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  17. Chapters (Powered by ChapterMe) - 00:00 - YC Spring Batch 00:17 - Coming Up 01:07 - Intro: YC hosted a 300-person AI alumni retreat. 01:48 - Startups average 10% weekly growth. 02:34 - One company hit $12M ARR in a year. 03:04 - Startups achieve $1M ARR in six months. 04:54 - Enterprises embrace AI, driving huge demand. 06:00 - Make something people want 07:04 - Technical complexity limits AI competition. 07:50 - Eval sets are key assets for AI firms. 08:42 - Prompting and testing drive AI success. 09:31 - Designers use AI to generate code directly. 10:09 - AI speeds up product iteration and creation. 10:56 - AI automates tasks, creating wealth. 13:32 - AI could universalize quality medical care. 14:27 - Economies may balance AI and human roles. 15:21 - AI can democratize life-coaching tools. 16:06 - AI boosts living standards by automating tasks. 17:09 - Positive AI development fosters creativity. 19:21 - Predictive models ensure safe AI growth. 21:01 - Human oversight in AI remains critical. 22:11 - OpenAI fosters competition in AI markets. 24:48 - Early adopters shift from Google to AI tools. 26:13 - Cursor gains fast adoption among YC startups. 28:02 - AI tools reduce reliance on SaaS software. 29:20 - AI enables scaling with fewer resources. 31:22 - Lean growth replaces blitz scaling. 33:06 - AI pricing ties directly to ROI. 34:08 - Startups excel by rapidly adapting tools. 36:27 - Cutting-edge tech drives startup success. 38:20 - Vibe: YC empowers small, ambitious AI teams. 39:13 - Outro
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  18. Great lecture. Extremely valuable information. Building a product is complicated and I love how Michael simplifies the process. Example at 56:05 regarding beta/ launching. Michael : "Are people using your product?" New founder: " Yes." Michael :" Great! Bam, your launched! Congratulations."
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  19. Chapters (Powered by ChapterMe) - 00:00 - Coming Up 00:17 - Intro: Why AI will create more successful founders in the world? 00:30 - Founder Explosion 01:52 - On The Cusp 03:28 - Cost Of Business 04:10 - Get In Early 04:59 - Example: Whatnot 05:38 - Endless Opportunity 06:25 - Internet Weirdos 07:08 - Now Is The Time 08:03 - Outro
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  20. Chapters (Powered by ChapterMe) - 00:00 - Intro 00:49 - What was the first thing you wrote? 08:19 - Why did Facebook win? 12:55 - Did Facebook win because it started as a network for college students? 14:12 - When did you realize you were going to do it? 17:16 - A personal quality that made you well suited to work on this project 18:25 - Do you think Facebook had a rougher time than typical startups? 21:12 - How did you learn how to manage people? 22:08 - What is the right heuristic for finding out whether someone really good? 24:42 - Do you like managing people? 25:45 - What was your mental model of a start up founder? 26:49 - Were you influenced by Peter Thiel and Sean Parker 28:02 - Making Facebook into a platform implicit all along? 29:04 - Strategic insight you had early on 30:28 - How did you get people to friend one another faster? 30:54 - Facebook clones 31:41 - 1. Lockdown 33:55 - Ignore competitors? Caveat - Clones are a big nuisance. 34:43 - What is it Mark cared too much about?
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  21. Chapters (Powered by ChapterMe) - 00:00 - Coming Up: San Francisco Tech Hub 00:42 - Intro 01:50 - Startup Base Shift 02:14 - Y Combinators South Bay origins opportunists vs serious companies 03:11 - Mountain View became hub for smart people, older founders 04:22 - Y Combinator's Impact 06:54 - YC founders support each other in San Francisco 07:51 - Twitters San Francisco office transformed startups energy 10:06 - Startup Culture 11:01 - Silicon Valleys builders, nerds, optimists 12:01 - Paul Grahams common experiences as a nerd 14:38 - Culture of Ambition 16:03 - San Franciscos inclusive, tech-driven culture 17:19 - San Franciscos tech scene turned around after COVID hit 19:18 - AI's Central Role 20:05 - San Franciscos comeback as Silicon Valley hub 20:09 - Innovation Epicenter 21:43 - Emerging Neighborhoods 25:02 - Neighborhoods to be: Glenn Park, Bernal Heights, Mission Bay, Potrero Hill 25:33 - Proximity to Y Combinator, friendships and co-founders memories 28:14 - San Franciscos Hacker House transformed city into tech hub 30:18 - Success Odds Maximization 31:00 - Hyper-Inclusive Environment: Boom Loop 33:05 - Outro
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  22. Finally, I had been waiting for a Susskind video this year
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  23. Thanks to Avni for being open and honest about her startup failure. It is definitely appreciated and we all do respect you for being brave enough to talk about it.
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  24. Incredible overview with a clear eye on the market. Other comments agree but this is an absolute goldmine of insights for anyone building a business in this space
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  25. Thank you Michael "I started a company that later became Twitch" Seibel for the tips :)
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  26. This is some of the best product design advice that I've seen! It's hard to find content that goes deep into what really matters.
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  27. Chapters (Powered by ChapterMe) - 00:00 - Intro: B2B pricing tips for founders 01:19 - The Value equation for customer satisfaction 04:15 - Value equation and other elements in pricing 04:28 - Cost and margins in software pricing 05:57 - Investing in low-cost LLMs risks land grab 06:26 - Competiton: Value equation, pricing, differentiation 08:03 - Ask champion: How do you pay for software? 08:17 - Essential pricing tips for successful sales 10:08 - Publishing or contact sales for pricing decisions? 10:25 - Value-based pricing for enterprise customers 11:42 - Pricing strategy dictates sales channels 13:42 - Free trials or Pilots? 14:08 - Push customers to sign up for annual contracts, play strengths as startup 16:42 - B2B pricing summary recap: Value, cost, and differentiation strategies for successful pricing 17:30 - Outro
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  28. Chapters (Powered by ChapterMe) - 00:00 - Coming Up 00:18 - Intro 00:25 - How To Prepare 01:39 - Benefit Of Hindsight 02:54 - The Time Is Now 04:56 - Where To Work 06:49 - The Right Skills 09:37 - Become A User 11:46 - Don't Do Nothing 14:07 - Our Predictions 15:48 - Outro
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  29. “The things that allowed us to survive was that our founding team was extremely technical.” 31:13 “make measurement a part of your product spec”
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  30. Perhaps the best video I have ever seen from YC!
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  31. the fact that yc is freedom-pilled makes me optimistic
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  32. Love how Gary breaks it down and provides some analogies for us! I wish he would do more talks since I've gained so many insights from him (on Twitter, writing, etc).
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  33. 🎉 kudos to the team to make the background look like nothing phone. Minimalistic and nice.
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  34. Chapters (Powered by ChapterMe) - 00:00 - Coming Up 00:12 - Intro: What is ZIRP? 01:51 - Why ZIRP 03:39 - The Corn Analogy 04:20 - Startups & Stocks 06:06 - Money ≠ Success 07:53 - Unicorns 09:55 - Winter Was Coming 11:15 - Lucrative Lending 12:56 - 3 Types of VCs 14:09 - YC Was Part of the Problem: Build for Endurance 15:24 - The Aftermath 17:45 - Outro
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  35. 37:00 AMAZON WORKING BACKWARDS METHOD 1. Create the press release: Describe in simple terms what you’re going to build 2. 20 most frequent questions: Answer in clear, simple terms (& iterate until it is very clear what you’re going to build) 3. UX Document: How are my customer going to interact with this 4. User manual: glossary, other terms (consistency) Don’t build more than that!
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  36. Chapters (Powered by ChapterMe) - 00:00 - Coming Up 00:38 - Intro: What is Zip? 01:37 - How did FlightCar got started? 03:57 - Doing things that don't scale 06:00 - Faking car supply 07:17 - Post-mortem of FlightCar 09:52 - Joining Airbnb 13:11 - Need for change at Airbnb 14:10 - Memories as a YC partner 15:26 - Do-over: Second startup 18:06 - Demystify enterprise sales 20:20 - Pricing for the first customers 22:05 - Overall decision making framework 24:19 - Outro
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  37. when i think of "build something people want", it's pretty clear to me that ai/devs should deal with the "build something" part, and humans (designers) should deal with the "people want" part. again, it proves how focused and crystal clear such a statement is from yc. god, i love the future.
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  38. This is such a great interview. Thank you for this <3 He is my favorite living physicist.
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  39. Chapters (Powered by ChapterMe) - 00:00 - Intro 00:24 - Why should you have a co-founder? 00:29 - Productivity 01:24 - Morale 02:03 - Pattern Matching 02:51 - Should you start a company without a co-founder? 03:10 - Exceptions 04:08 - Example: Successful startup with a single founder 04:37 - What should you look for in a potential co-founder? 04:43 - How do they handle stress? 06:11 - Do they have the same high-level goals? 07:28 - Don't overly focus on specific skills they have today 08:02 - Meta skill you should care about 08:23 - Where can you find co-founders? 11:21 - YC co-founder matching platform 12:06 - Examples 13:07 - How do you get started working together? 14:03 - Equity split 15:04 - Common reasons for co-founder breakups 15:08 - 1. They don't respect each other 16:01 - 2. Both want to be the CEO 16:54 - 3. Different work ethic expectations 17:55 - How do you avoid getting into a co-founder breakup? 19:10 - Tactical advice: Regular 1:1's 19:50 - Summary
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  40. Thanks for articulating clearly, she knows her stuff!
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  41. Chapters (Powered by ChapterMe) - 00:00 - Coming Up: YC's Focus on Vision 01:32 - Demonstrating Commercial Attraction 02:42 - YC's Model for Hard Tech 03:24 - Shifting Focus in YC 04:19 - Mindset Shift in YC 05:40 - Proving Technical Feasibility 06:37 - Presenting Progress Effectively 08:30 - Example: Boom 11:16 - Example: Cruise 16:43 - Example: Astranis 19:12 - Example: AstroForge 21:09 - Evaluating Risk in Hard Tech 22:18 - Example: Relativity Space 23:38 - Example: Heart Aerospace 25:29 - Example: Remora 26:40 - Example: Seabound 27:50 - Chemistry Example: Solugen 30:00 - Example: K Scale Labs 33:39 - Example: Astro Mechanica 37:12 - Vision Breakdown 44:09 - Mission-Oriented Solutions 45:01 - Prototyping Advancements 46:25 - Robotics Frontier 46:39 - Fundraising Strategy 47:58 - Outro
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  42. Advice this specific and tactical is gold especially with the reasoning behind it
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  43. Super episode. Love these deep dives with real founders.
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  44. Truly an inspiring story. Tracy is an excellent communicator. Thanks for providing her with the platform to share her story, Y!
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  45. This episode of hosting the application process and clarity around it was a great idea, whoever came up with it, good job! Always like it when a company goes a step further to explain their "client" facing processes.
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  46. That is one of the most valuable videos on startup ideas, thank you.
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  47. Chapters (Powered by ChapterMe) - 0:00 Intro 1:15 The intelligence age 4:18 YC o1 hackathon 12:09 4 orders of magnitude 14:42 The architecture of o1 21:52 Getting that final 10-15% of accuracy 32:06 The companies/ideas that should pivot because of o1 34:44 Outro
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  48. Such a good video. Shola is awesome!
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  49. Great talk. Thanks Mathilde. As a CEO of a small startup, it's great to be reminded to focus on revenue and have 0 excuses for not growing it.
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  50. 10:47 Bill Gates played a lot of poker at Harvard as well.
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