Youtube comments of (@ycombinator).

  1. Topics 00:10 - Solving a problem you don't care about 1:00 - Helping users you don't care about 1:40 - Choosing cofounders you don't know well 2:20 - Not having transparent conversations with your cofounder 3:20 - Not launching 4:45 - Not using analytics 5:02 - Not knowing where your first users will come from 5:45 - Poor prioritization
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  2. Any first-time founders out there? Raise your hand šŸ™‹ā€ā™€
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  3. What problem will your MVP solve?
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  4. Who's applying to Y Combinator's Summer 23 batch? Deadline is April 7 :) https://www.ycombinator.com/apply
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  5. I am offended by this comment.
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  6. 00:00 - Why we're starting with evaluating ideas 1:25 - YC doesn't just fund companies with traction 2:50 - How can I predict if an investor will like my idea? 5:15 - A startup idea is a hypothesis 6:55 - The problem 10:55 - The solution 12:35 - The insight 14:00 - Founder's unfair advantage 15:00 - Market growing 20% a year 15:40 - Product 10x better 16:30 - Acquisition model 17:55 - Monopoly 18:50 - Threshold belief 19:10 - Miracle belief 20:10 - Example: YC 23:20 - Example: Wufoo
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  7. ā€œHyper focusedā€ is really inaccurate. If anything I focus on the demo. -Garry
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  8. Startup School is back! What do you think of our new look and style? Let us know in the comments. - Zach (Producer)
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  9. Who is interviewing for S23 right now?
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  10. Raise your hand if you've applied to the next W23 batch!
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  11. What are your tricks to be more productive?
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  12. What are you building with AI right now?
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  13. What are some other examples of tarpit startup ideas?
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  14. What good habits are important to staying healthy as a founder?
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  15. Because individual human agency is amplified far more today than ever before. -Garry
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  16. Alright technical folks, share your work horror stories in the comments so others can avoid similar situations!
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  17. Close enough: https://www.ycombinator.com/apply
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  18. Woah, this is weird! Dalton and Michael are in-person for the first time! What do you think? - Zach
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  19. Topics 00:00 - Intro 00:17 - Make it short, i.e. 60 seconds or less to read 00:58 - Interested in: the problem you're trying to solve, what your solution is, have you launched, do you have growth, how big you think the market could be, do you have cofounders, are you technical, and do you know something about the problem that you think is controversial. 1:38 - Not interested in: a long history of how you came up with the idea or jargon (see: customer pitch vs investor pitch - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQnOBHNKlgs) 2:17 - Send your email from a company email address with your name in it 3:05 - Decks aren't required but use a common format if including one 4:02 - Track opens 4:14 - Don't make it long 5:27 - Don't immediately request an in-person meeting 6:04 - Don't send multiple follow-ups quickly 6:26 - Don't forget to describe what your company does
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  20. It looks like we had a brief video/audio issue just after the 5 minute mark. Sorry about that! - Zach (Producer)
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  21. How is your startup making a positive impact on society?
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  22. What's your favorite method for coming up with startup ideas?
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  23. Topics 00:00 - Jarvis' intro 00:30 - Where his videos first got traction 1:10 - Being part of the software industry while critiquing it 3:45 - How he got into programming 6:10 - Moving to California 7:30 - Interning at Google then Yelp 9:00 - Interviewing multiple times at the same company 10:00 - Moving from Yelp to Patreon 14:10 - Switching from individual contributor to manager 18:15 - Learnings from managing that he applies to himself 21:25 - What made Jarvis want to do YouTube full time? 30:00 - Investing in yourself 31:05 - Making what you want vs talking to viewers 35:35 - When did things really start to click for his channel? 38:00 - Choosing to make multiple genres of video 43:40 - Nathan Allebach asks - Are content creators responsible in any capacity for their audiences? 50:45 - Taylor asks - In what ways do you think content creation can benefit one's career in the tech industry? 54:20 - Jarvis made a podcast when he was a teenager 56:10 - Octopus Blues asks - What lessons did improv teach you/who would you recommend it to, if anyone? 58:25 - Predictions for YouTubers and content creators
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  24. How are you using generative AI and large language models at your startup?
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  25. You can consider using open source models that can be run on-prem. Or for really sensitive data (health records, etc) you can look into federated learning.
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  26. Students! What are you interested in building?
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  27. Tell us about your most recent launch!
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  28. Read the business model guide here: https://www.ycombinator.com/library/Gh-business-model-guide Which of the nine models does your startup use?
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  29. When do you know it's time to leave your job to start a company?
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  30. For detailed advice on how to actually get in touch with investors and set up meetings, check out this video: https://www.ycombinator.com/library/71-how-to-get-meetings-with-investors-and-raise-money For YC's comprehensive guide to seed fundraising, check out this guide: https://www.ycombinator.com/library/4A-a-guide-to-seed-fundraising
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  31. What's something you've done at your own startup that is a good example of "doing things that don't scale"?
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  32. What's your strategy for motivating co-founders in the early days?
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  33. Your turn to review! Do you want to see fewer or more reviews per video? Should each individual website review be shorter or longer in length?
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  34. What did your company look like when it first launched?
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  35. Which startup founder do you admire most and why?
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  36. What's your favorite question to ask potential users?
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  37. What are signs of conformity or non-conformity you've noticed in tech and startups?
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  38. What business are you building with new AI tech?
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  39. Ship it.
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  40. What is an example of a company going above and beyond to care about you as a customer?
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  41. What type of background are you looking for in a co-founder?
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  42. When was your startup on the verge of dying? What methods did you use to save it?
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  43. What topic should we cover on an upcoming episode of Design Review?
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  44. How do you use AI in your startup?
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  45. Where is your startup based?
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  46. The 7-week course will begin June 27, 2022. Itā€™s free and open to everyone. You donā€™t need to have a startup or a startup idea yet; Startup School is the perfect place to find one. Register today at https://www.startupschool.org. Learn more about the course, find upcoming meetups at a location near you, and sign up to attend: https://www.ycombinator.com/blog/announcing-startup-school-2022
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  47. What changes are you making in your company right now?
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  48. What big, ambitious hard tech startup are you building?
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  49. What did you pivot your startup from and to?
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  50. What's one of your goals for the next week?
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  51. Keep an eye out later this month :)
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  52. Did you ever have an investor say no at first, but fund you later? What did you do differently?
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  53. Topics 00:10 - How do you create luck? 00:54 - Examples from YC 2:30 - Creating luck pre-company 3:55 - Betting on strengths vs exploring 5:06 - Creating luck as a later stage company
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  54. Topics 00:35 - Encouraging people to do something that they're scared to do 4:50 - Where did the insight for Lambda School come from? 6:00 - College vs developer schools 10:00 - Building a network 11:50 - Does Austen see value in a traditional liberal arts education? 14:30 - Steven Klaiber-Noble asks - As competitors begin to copy your model what front do you believe you'll be competing on? 17:30 - Why did Austen choose to raise money? 19:40 - Fundraising falling through on Austen's first startup 21:10 - Moving back to Utah and writing a book about growth 23:00 - Why Austen wrote a book 26:00 - "Starting a company is by definition saying, I think what I can do is worth more than what other people will pay me for." 27:00 - Mispriced human capital 29:55 - Other opportunities for Lambda School 32:20 - Modeling risk 35:10 - David Kofoed Wind asks - When Lambda School is incentivized to take in people that will land high paying jobs, how do you think about the diversity of candidates? One would imagine that it quickly becomes a game of pattern matching the stereotypical SV people. 37:25 - Will Lambda School ever not be remote? 40:50 - Dave Dawson asks - You appear to be on the successful path now, was there a point early in Lambda School when you wanted to stop? 43:20 - Helping everyone become an autodidact 46:20 - Rethinking where to start on an online course 47:45 - Dave Dawson asks - What keeps you up at night at this point? 49:20 - Dayo Koleowo asks - ā€œI have made remarks I do not agree withā€ - from Austen's Twitter bio. What is that one remark you wish you didnā€™t have to disagree with? 53:00 - Choosing remote work as a core problem to solve in your company 55:30 - Analysts aren't good at measuring product quality 57:10 - Teaching taste
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  55. Build a great demo
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  56. Topics 00:00 - Intro 00:45 - What is Meesho? 2:45 - Why not just sell directly to consumers? 4:30 - What are the macro trends in Meesho's favor in India? 6:55 - A trust deficit market 8:20 - How does Meesho help users get online and start selling? 11:10 - Most impactful user stories 13:15 - Growth drivers 15:15 - Balancing growth and quality 16:50 - What if Facebook copies Meesho? 18:15 - When did Vidit and his cofounder know they wanted to start a startup? 20:45 - Their first startup idea and the inspiration for Meesho 25:05 - When did they know Meesho was working? 26:45 - How hard was it to pivot the business and how did they manage it? 29:30 - As a CEO how does he stay in touch with users? 34:15 - How has Vidit's role changed over time? 36:20 - How has he learned to be a CEO? 37:55 - What mistakes have they made? 39:00 - What was his best decision? 39:40 - What's a strong opinion he had about running a startup that he's changed since running Meesho? 41:10 - How has the Indian startup ecosystem evolved? 42:45 - Big problems worth solving in India 43:30 - Can foreigners come to India and start a startup? 44:35 - Best advice for aspiring Indian founders 45:45 - After Meesho, what's the most exciting startup in India? 46:45 - Why is Delhi the best IIT? 47:40 - What's a must read book and why? 48:35 - What's a startup idea he'd be working on if Meesho didn't happen? 48:50 - In 100 years, what does he hope Meesho is?
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  57. Topics 00:00 - Intro 1:10 - "Whatever feeds the ego kills the soul." 3:50 - Maintaining passion for your work 6:45 - Building a sustainable business as a creator 8:30 - Shipping a real product - The Every Day Calendar 17:30 - Being scared to step away 19:00 - Generating ideas 20:15 - Finding out she had a brain tumor, having surgery, and sharing it 25:30 - Returning to work after brain surgery 27:30 - Learnings from taking time off 28:30 - Asking for help 30:00 - Evaluating how she's spending her time 31:45 - Giving herself permission to try other things 33:50 - Challenges as a creator and entrepreneur 35:30 - Not feeling guilty about play and pursuing the things you enjoy 40:30 - Becoming less disciplined in certain areas over time 42:15 - Ali asks - How to get started when dealing with imposters syndrome? 42:35 - beep boop asks - What's your favorite robot? 43:15 - Beste asks - Are there any moments where she is bored and feels like giving up on creating new things? 44:25 - Khawar Shehzad asks - What thing do you wish you knew when you started your career? 45:35 - Olaf Doschke asks - What would have happened if Simone's toothbrush helmet wouldn't have gone viral? 48:05 - Johnathan Nader asks - What is the best version of yourself?
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  58. Bingo
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  59. How do you develop a realistic view of your startup?
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  60. What has your startup spent money on that didn't live up to expectations?
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  61. Looking for a co-founder? Try YC's new co-founder matching platform: https://www.ycombinator.com/cofounder-matching
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  62. What other distracting innovation should founders avoid?
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  63. We are working on a video about this
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  64. The following organizations helping Ukraine need your ongoing support: Nova Ukraine (https://novaukraine.org/donate/) Razom for Ukraine (https://www.razomforukraine.org/donate/) Come Back Alive (https://www.comebackalive.in.ua/donate) For more ways to support Ukraine, read our blog post: https://www.ycombinator.com/blog/supporting-ukraine
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  65. Topics 00:00 - Consume information that encourages you to do more 1:25 - You don't need permission from investors to start a company 2:30 - Is thought leadership important? 4:05 - Your thought process is influenced by the information you consume
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  66. What's your strategy for making a good first impression with your startup website?
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  67. šŸ‘€
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  68. What is your immigration story? How has it shaped your journey as a founder?
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  69. What happened in your worst investor meeting?
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  70. How did you find YOUR first customer?
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  71. Topics 00:34 - Do you need a cofounder? 1:07 - Where do most cofounders meet? 2:04 - What does YC look for in a cofounding team? 2:35 - Why we like to see an even equity split between cofounders
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  72. What mental traps do you fall into when looking around at the competition?
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  73. An MVP is all about reducing the scope down to the essentials. In entertainment, that would mean reducing the scope of the production quality, subject matter, or length of media to just enough that it could test whatever you're making is entertaining enough to attract a niche audience. For Justin.tv, that meant they didn't launch with a ton of different personalities or a big television production crew, but instead focused on just a single person, Justin Kan, to prove that there are people who would want to watch someone's daily life livestreamed. Same reason why many filmmakers start out making inexpensive short films and music videos before directing a feature film.
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  74. What did you learn from a hard conversation you've had recently?
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  75. Yup! We changed based on Casey's recommendation :) -Craig
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  76. What problem inspired you to start building a company?
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  77. Someone didn't watch till 2:25... šŸ‘€
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  78. On average, 40% of the companies we fund in each batch are just an idea. Most donā€™t have any revenue.
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  79. What's one trick you use to stay productive?
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  80. Topics 00:00 - Welcome Gustaf and Diego 01:19 - Diego's background 06:50 - What is Pachama? 09:25 - Using remote sensing to track carbon 11:37 - Connecting disparate groups 13:04 - How much carbon does a typical company offset? 15:28 - How big is the reforesting opportunity? 17:09 - What are the incentives to offset carbon? 18:40 - Why don't people trust carbon offsets? 20:33 - What are the different forest conservation methods? 25:20 - How does Pachama use technology? 29:00 - Growth challenges 30:20 - Who are the customers? 32:12 - The future of the carbon market 32:48 - Fundraising for a climate startup 37:50 - Advice for people that want to start working in the climate change space. 41:38 - Climate policy 43:23 - What are the most important things happening in the space? 45:10 - The benefits of agroforestry and permaculture
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  81. First just a little then all at once
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  82. What are some other examples of cargo culting in tech and startups?
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  83. Who should be the special guest on the next episode of Design Review?
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  84. Qasar Younis
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  85. Out of YC's top 100 companies, only 4 were built by solo founders. It's possible, just much more challenging.
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  86. We are still reading apps
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  87. We have about 6 more videos in the works that will be published every other week
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  88. How did you meet YOUR co-founder?
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  89. Nothing is free. Compute costs money. Smart prompts are hard to get right.
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  90. Sure! -Craig
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  91. Just testing it out as a format :) -Craig
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  92. YC accepts all kinds of companies. What are you working on?
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  93. šŸ¤
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  94. Fine tuning will still be necessary for anything not available on the web or in these massive data sets. Think internal company documents, medical notes, customer communications, etc.
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  95. What metric at your startup are you most proud of?
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  96. How many users do you have? Are they paying for the product?
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  97. What challenges does your target market present?
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  98. Skill issue
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  99. Will do! Here are some other physics episodes we've done: https://youtu.be/1D2j8nTjOZ4 https://youtu.be/o3hHO3S8Unk https://youtu.be/0jrybODBUpA https://youtu.be/LHZKDTJJknE
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  100. More to come!
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  101. Launch early, talk to your customers, and build something people want applies to all startups
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  102. What startup concepts would you like to learn more about?
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  103. Check out the AMAs with Peter Roberts on Hacker News - Craig
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  104. Apply to Y Combinator: https://www.ycombinator.com/apply/
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  105. Glad you like it! - Zach
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  106. This whole space is moving fast
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  107. What topics would you like to see us cover in future episodes of Design Review?
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  108. Yes (https://www.ycombinator.com/apply) - Craig
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  109. Big 4 canā€™t ship but you, a startup, can
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  110. What are you interested in building within the AR and VR space?
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  111. Sure. Do you have a specific question? -Craig
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  112. Don't lay down. Build!
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  113. What future technology are you most excited about?
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  114. Glad you enjoy it! - Zach
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  115. Yes. https://blog.ycombinator.com/startup-school-lectures-are-now-available-as-a-podcast/
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  116. More physics? -Craig
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  117. Thanks! -Craig
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  118. What's something you've learned from a customer?
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  119. Thanks! The Matt + Casey shot is from a Canon 70D with Canon's 50mm f/1.4. -Craig
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  120. Cool! Good to know. I edit in an intro/outro on the podcast feed but assumed we didn't need one on YouTube. -Craig
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  121. If you've applied to YC what was the main reason?
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  122. You are neither Bytedance able to spend hundreds of millions on ads to buy users, nor Sam Altman able to convince Microsoft to give him billions.
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  123. Microsoft raised $1M from TVI back in 1981
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  124. Who is your startup selling to? Are you going top down or bottom up?
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  125. Doing RAG well is hard. Sanding down the edges is hard. Building a team is hard. Having proprietary data is hard. Selling is hard.
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  126. Thanks for watching! -Craig
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  127. Itā€™s not too late.
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  128. Constitutional AI, anthropic
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  129. Looking for a co-founder? Try YC's new co-founder matching platform: https://www.ycombinator.com/cofounder-matching
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  130. We fund solo founders every batch. - Craig
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  131. Yes we do
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  132. We are acceleratonists not decels
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  133. We fund founders, not ideas. Weā€™ve shared a few suggestions for founders looking for ideas, but theyā€™re not prescriptive. Theyā€™re definitely not the only ideas we will fund - in fact, we expect theyā€™ll only be a small fraction of the ideas we actually fund. If any of them are things founders would be excited to work on anyway, we hope itā€™ll give them a little encouragement to dive into it.
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  134. Sorry! Noisy office that day.
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  135. What industry are you changing with AI?
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  136. too many mysql wrapper companies ... said nobody ever
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  137. We appreciate the feedback! We understand this video focuses more on the broader fundraising process and mentality required, but we've published content in the past that provides detailed advice on how to actually get in touch with investors and set up meetings: https://www.ycombinator.com/library/71-how-to-get-meetings-with-investors-and-raise-money
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  138. Yes pls add your technical accomplishments, # of users of software, papers, awards
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  139. How to talk to users: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1iF1c8w5Lg
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  140. It's recorded remotely using Riverside.fm and edited in Adobe Premiere/After Effects with custom graphics.
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  141. high five
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  142. Top-down vs bottom-up sales refers to how the sales process is initiated. In top-down, the sales team proactively reaches out to target customers. In bottom-up, the sales team relies on customer interest to generate sales. PLG (Product Lead Growth) vs SLG (Sales Lead Growth) refers to what drives the growth of the company. In PLG, the company relies on building a great product that generates organic customer growth. In SLG, the company relies on hiring a large sales team to directly reach out to new customers and generate growth through sales capacity.
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  143. Build great things and your resume doesnā€™t matter. Itā€™s about the skills to create things to solve problems.
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  144. Individual contributor -Craig
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  145. Other models are still better for codegen
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  146. We fund companies from all over the world. - Craig
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  147. Looking for a co-founder? Try YC's new co-founder matching platform: https://www.ycombinator.com/cofounder-matching
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  148. there are chapters available now
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  149. Fixed. Thanks!
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  150. You should be able to find the Lightcone wherever you find your podcasts, Apple, Spotify etc
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  151. Thanks for watching! -Craig
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  152. https://www.ycombinator.com/cofounder-matching
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  153. Ā @quasa0Ā  Not currently, but you can add topic ideas to a Youtube comment (we try to read most of them)
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  154. Zach, the video producer here. These are edited in Adobe Premiere. We custom made an Essential Graphics package that allow us to easily duplicate and edit these lists for each video.
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  155. Sam Altmanā€™s advice in that particular case is not usable for 99.99% of founders.
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  156. We're releasing it as a separate podcast. You can find the iTunes and RSS links here: https://blog.ycombinator.com/startup-school-lectures-are-now-available-as-a-podcast/
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  157. Input box on homepage generally is unnecessary - and it takes screen real estate and cognitive budget away from what you should be doing: making sure people know wtf your company does. -Garry
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  158. https://www.ycombinator.com/apply
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  159. This is all true and if you watch the video we are not making claims that engineers are going away entirely. We are saying the best engineers will get superpowers as this continues to ramp.
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  160. Got it. In the meantime we have a few other physics episodes you might like: https://youtu.be/1D2j8nTjOZ4 https://youtu.be/o3hHO3S8Unk https://youtu.be/0jrybODBUpA https://youtu.be/LHZKDTJJknE
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  161. Olivier Alcouffe We had a separate mic issue so we ended up using some backup audio for Matt and me. Itā€™s usually better quality. Thanks for listening! - Craig
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  162. False, will age poorly sorry
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  163. Enrollment is $0. We invest $500k into each company accepted.
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  164. Check out the other episode we recently published: https://youtu.be/erDE2e69dlc
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  165. Have you ever taken advantage of a downturn in business to retool and reimagine your startup?
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  166. Hey @erlang, we appreciate your diligent note taking, but please keep your notes to one or two comments from now on. Thank you!
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  167. Sony A7SIII - Zach
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  168. We fund solo founders every batch.
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  169. Good note. Thanks!
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  170. We are still reading and interviewing
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  171. No we accept lots of people with no pedigree
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  172. You probably still need people to direct the inquiries
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  173. There's a transcript available here: https://blog.ycombinator.com/scott-aaronson-on-computational-complexity-theory-and-quantum-computers/
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  174. Worldwide šŸŒŽ
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  175. Thanks! We actually used a backup for me and Matt so itā€™s usually better. Zoom H6, Shure SM7B, 2x Canon 70D, 50mm f/1.4, 10-18mm f/4.5-5.6. -Craig
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  176. Less decisions
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  177. Yes, please fill out an application and be sure to detail your technical accomplishments
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  178. Will do. Thanks for watching! -Craig
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  179. Already done :) https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQ-uHSnFig5M3hh2-t0847rxhrfd7Wdtj
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  180. Thank you, we appreciate that!
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  181. Tyler will be getting in front of the camera again soon :)
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  182. Good idea! Thanks. -Craig
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  183. It canā€™t. Itā€™s just the preview version and far from perfect
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  184. Annoying for us too :). We were filming in an old NYC building and the heat decided to turn on after we started. It's the pipes banging. - Craig
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  185. What do you mean?
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  186. They are using Replit
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  187. Read the business model guide here: https://www.ycombinator.com/library/Gh-business-model-guide
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  188. B2B / enterprise / SMB businesses tend to rely less on social media and more on outbound or inbound marketing, which means the website needs to support a sales team or some drip campaign that gets people to convert. Social media is a factor in inbound marketing but not the only one. Events are often much bigger for such businesses.
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  189. Thanks! Will reach out :) - Craig
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  190. Hahaha. Somebody has to keep Sam in check! -Craig [Send help]
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  191. I sure did -Garry Tan
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  192. Thanks! -Craig
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  193. Zoom + Adobe CC
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  194. Yeah, you can get a lot done with just JS. -Craig
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  195. Shure SM7B - Craig
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  196. There's no age limit on starting a start up. Go for it!
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  197. you can press the CC button for subtitles
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  198. Glad you enjoyed it!
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  199. Yes, but the people who show up will come with varying levels of understanding and you cannot assume really anything about the user. The more you assume, the more the lost opportunity. -Garry
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  200. MixPre-6 actually :) - Craig
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  201. We are aware and are in touch with his office. The bill did not pass.
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  202. Looking for a co-founder? Try YC's new co-founder matching platform: https://www.ycombinator.com/cofounder-matching
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  203. Shure SM93 Lavalier Microphone + Sound Devices MixPre-6 - Craig
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  204. Completely free :)
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  205. The graphics on screen that appear at 00:46, for example.
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  206. Thanks for watching! -Craig
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  207. Should be a couple weeks. - Craig
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  208. Thanks for checking it out! - Craig
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  209. Heating pipes clanging in an old NYC building. Weā€™ll book a better room next time :) - Craig
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  210. Yes, absolutely
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  211. Sure! Just reply here.
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  212. More about this topic? What else would you like to hear?
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  213. How do you define artificial general intelligence?
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  214. Thanks for watching! -Craig
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  215. This is factually incorrect, it is not a procedure around existing processes but happens in context
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  216. Thanks for watching! -Craig
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  217. The high order bit is whether your company succeeds and makes something people want. It is not the originality of the idea.
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  218. All YC interviews are remoteā€”international or not
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  219. Thanks for watching! -Craig
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  220. We are on Spotify. šŸ‘ https://open.spotify.com/show/1tgqafxZAB0Bjd8nkwVtE4?si=Zha2qqbMTcqZxl5lieNi2w
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  221. I think you need to use it as an API user in a scientific or engineering capacity to maximize the effect
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  222. Weā€™ve wrapped up the Startup School Radio podcast and are now podcasting as Y Combinator. The Startup School lectures are just on YouTube.
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  223. Haha. You and me both. -Craig
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  224. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Seibel
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  225. Good ear ;) - Zach
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  226. No one tell him about robo restaurants šŸ¤«
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  227. By using a SAFE there should be no legal fees: https://youtu.be/zBUhQPPS9AY?t=902
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  228. Yup. -Craig
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  229. Ah right. Thanks for the reminder. It's The Void - https://www.thevoid.com/ -Craig
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  230. watch this video: https://youtu.be/D81y-kh11oI?si=QVom0keHlazcTPP1&t=51
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  231. Will do :) Thanks for watching! -Craig
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  232. Feel free to check out our shorts: https://www.youtube.com/@ycombinator/shorts
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  233. Thanks for the feedback! -Craig
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  234. Thanks for watching! -Craig
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  235. It doesnā€™t matter where people are from. It only matters where they are going. -Garry
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  236. Read the business model guide here: https://www.ycombinator.com/library/Gh-business-model-guide
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  237. Its on our website in very clear detail: https://www.ycombinator.com/deal
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  238. Audio links are here: https://blog.ycombinator.com/announcing-the-y-combinator-podcast/
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  239. Founders accepted to Y Combinator get a robust investor database with detailed reviews and ratings of most investors founders interact with.
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  240. Thanks for watching! -Craig
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  241. Not a term the "tech startup industry" invented. This is a concept developed from anthropologic research 70+ years ago: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cargo_cult https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cargo_cult_science
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  242. https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/how-todays-fastest-growing-b2b-businesses
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  243. Nope
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  244. Fixed. Thanks!
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  245. We'll be streaming here all week.
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  246. We select for clear communicators who are capable of building. What exactly they build is entirely up to them. Crypto wasnā€™t something we called: we saw it first in Brian Armstrong at Coinbase and funded him because he is a capable builder and clear communicator. Then he built the future. Yes we select according to that bar but the specific sectors and what they build is always a surprise.
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  247. ā€œAttention is all you needā€
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  248. Only if customers want it and want to pay for it over the long haul. -Garry
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  249. Thanks!
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  250. There are just fewer focused there but they do exist Eg Standard AI or Flock Safety
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  251. You can view them all -- and connect with founders -- on YC's Work at a Startup: https://www.workatastartup.com/events/gaming-tech-talks-2020
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  252. This should be fixed now sorry
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  253. Looks like moire -Craig
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  254. The specifics of actual use cases makes building a general case difficult or potentially impossible right now. The models conceivably can get better but itā€™s no guarantee
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  255. Fixed. Thanks! -Craig
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  256. Evals.
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  257. Yes we fund idea stage companies
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  258. https://open.spotify.com/episode/61yOjbgaAIxcpZTtk9QJGG?si=18336aa206894e94
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  259. @exopman Cool. Yeah, I tried the video playing underneath and it's pretty distracting :)
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  260. :)
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  261. Thanks for watching! - Craig
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  262. Thanks for listening! -Craig
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  263. šŸ‘€
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  264. Thanks Carlos! -Craig (the interviewer šŸ˜€)
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  265. Thanks for watching! -Craig
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  266. Looking for a co-founder? Try YC's new co-founder matching platform: https://www.ycombinator.com/cofounder-matching
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  267. Canon 70Ds with 50mm f/1.4 and 10-18mm f/4.5-5.6 -Craig
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  268. you can search for specific companies here: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies
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  269. WorkAtAStartup.com
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  270. So far so good! -Craig
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  271. https://youtu.be/hyYCn_kAngI
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  272. Oh it never happened. Thatā€™s why the GPT wrapper idea is absurd.
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  273. Haha. The background for the solo shot was better on the left side. -Craig
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  274. Custom made .mogrt built with After Effects
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  275. We do consider solo founders and accept them every batch The bar is much higher though
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  276. YC Group Partner Diana Hu
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  277. Donā€™t worry we post a new episode of Lightcone every two weeks
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  278. Team of Teams by Stanley McChrystal
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  279. Thanks for watching. -Craig
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  280. Thanks for watching! -Craig
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  281. Lots of people don't finish the long videos so we put out short ones, too. We're going to stop publishing them to the feed though.
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  282. Support your statement
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  283. Sorry to hear it wasn't straightforward. Click to create an account and apply to send Tianyin and his team a message: https://www.workatastartup.com/companies/1961
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  284. Thanks for checking it out! -Craig
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  285. I think we got you covered: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQ-uHSnFig5Nd98Sc9I-kkc0ZWe8peRMC
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  286. Thanks for watching! -Craig
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  287. Update! Podcast links here: https://blog.ycombinator.com/startup-school-lectures-are-now-available-as-a-podcast/
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  288. Nobody said that, you didn't even listen to this episode.
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  289. Yes
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  290. Thanks for watching! - Craig
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  291. From wikipedia: "They focus on obtaining the material wealth (the "cargo") of the advanced culture by imitating the actions they believe cause the appearance of cargo: by building landing strips, mock aircraft, mock radios, and the like." This is the exact mentality many early founders have when trying to replicate another successful business without a full understanding of what actions led to that success.
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  292. We had pretty bad acoustics in the room -Craig
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  293. Thanks for the feedback
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  294. Thanks for watching! -Craig
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  295. Yup! https://blog.ycombinator.com/ipfs-coinlist-and-the-filecoin-ico-with-juan-benet-and-dalton-caldwell/ You can also subscribe to the audio feed: http://backtracks.fm/ycombinator/ycombinator/feed
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  296. https://www.ycombinator.com/deal
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  297. Yep, it's on Apple and Spotify.
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  298. We are still reading apps
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  299. Xendit in Jakarta!
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  300. Iā€™ll believe it when I see it. -Garry
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  301. Actually many do. Did you know 60% of YC companies reach series A but 25% of those do it in year 5 or 6?
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  302. Sam Altman
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  303. Good point. Russia did also have the AR piece. -Craig
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  304. +Andrew Maher Thanks for watching! -Craig
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  305. Will check it out! Would the MixPre-6 require Cloudlifters? Just ordered some to try out. -Craig
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  306. Thanks Steve! Weā€™ll try a few options out and see if we can improve the audio without building out a space. -Craig
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  307. Hey Steve! Thanks for the tip on this one. Picked up the MixPre-6 and you're right, it's better than the H6 + Cloudlifter/FetHead. Looking forward to much better sounding podcasts :)
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  308. We do sometimes review non YC companies. Here's where you can submit your website to be reviewed: https://shorturl.at/lnGLZ
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  309. Oops. Sorry about this. -Garry
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  310. Thanks for watching! -Craig
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  311. Thanks for checking it out! -Craig
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  312. Diana Hu
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  313. It actually ranged from 25%-0% full :) -Craig
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  314. Thanks for checking them out! :) -Craig
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  315. Paul Graham, founder of Y Combinator
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  316. There's a transcript available on our blog: https://blog.ycombinator.com/helping-veterans-transition-into-the-private-sector-jocko-willink-and-mike-sarraille/
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  317. We've got Paystack in Lagos!
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  318. Yeah, we had to use backup audio on this one. It's usually better :) - Craig
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  319. Appreciate it
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  320. Thanks for listening! -Craig
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  321. Learn more here: https://www.dreamcraft.com/
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  322. Thanks for watching! -Craig
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  323. https://open.spotify.com/episode/4lDjbSbJuujsseaN4TIkrs?si=e419748fd20e4eba
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  324. More on the way!
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  325. "Monzo Bank Limited, trading as Monzo, is a British online bank based in London, England." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monzo
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  326. Thanks for listening! -Craig
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  327. Rogan's great! Would love to do the podcast. -Craig
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  328. As you wish! https://youtu.be/8FFucsZhyxU
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  329. Yeah. Weā€™ll book a better room next time :) - Craig
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  330. Thanks Connor! -Craig
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  331. This is why there is opportunity
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