Startup School 2018

29 videos

A Conversation with Werner Vogels
A Conversation with Werner Vogels
6 years ago

Werner Vogels, CTO of Amazon, joins YC Software Engineer Kyle Corbitt to share his experience and insights on technology and startups. Learn more at https://...

How to Win by Daniel Gross47:47
How to Win by Daniel Gross
6 years ago

Daniel Gross, former YC Partner and founder shares his wisdom of how to survive and thrive as a startup founder. Learn more at https://startupschool.org.

After PMF: People, Customers, Sales by Mathilde Collin54:57
After PMF: People, Customers, Sales by Mathilde Collin
6 years ago

Mathilde Collin, founder of YC alumnus Front, describes what she learned as she scaled Front to 1000s of paying customers. Learn more at https://startupschoo...

The Path to $100B by Paul Buchheit54:42
The Path to $100B by Paul Buchheit
6 years ago

YC Partner and the creator of Gmail, Paul Buchheit in conversation with Geoff describes how he thinks about companies that manage to scale to the ultimate le...

A Conversation with Elad Gil53:27
A Conversation with Elad Gil
6 years ago

Serial entrepreneur and angel investor Elad Gil sits down with YC Partner Geoff Ralston to discuss startups. Learn more at https://startupschool.org.

How to Get Meetings with Investors and Raise Money by Aaron Harris47:44
How to Get Meetings with Investors and Raise Money by Aaron Harris
6 years ago

YC Partner Aaron Harris gives invaluable advice for how to most effectively and strategically meet with investors. Learn more at https://startupschool.org

Understanding SAFEs and Priced Equity Rounds by Kirsty Nathoo
Understanding SAFEs and Priced Equity Rounds by Kirsty Nathoo
6 years ago

YC Partner Kirsty Nathoo gives the lowdown on several different ways to capitalize your company and how those impact founder equity and cap tables overall. L...

A Conversation on Hard Tech with Eric Migicovsky
A Conversation on Hard Tech with Eric Migicovsky
6 years ago

YC Partner Adora Cheung talks to Pebble founder and YC Partner Eric Migicovsky about hard tech. Learn more at https://startupschool.org

Startup Technology - Technical Founder Advice59:54
Startup Technology - Technical Founder Advice
6 years ago

YC Partner Jared Friedman joins founders Lillian Chou (COO, Second Measure), Diana Hu (CTO, Escher Reality), Calvin French-Owen (CTO, Segment) and Ralph Goot...

Fundraising Fundamentals By Geoff Ralston
Fundraising Fundamentals By Geoff Ralston
6 years ago

YC Partner Geoff Ralston gives an introduction to the key concepts to keep in mind once you enter a fundraising process. Learn more at https://www.startupsch...

Running Your Company by Patrick Collison57:13
Running Your Company by Patrick Collison
6 years ago

YC Partner Adora Cheung, along with Patrick Collison, the founder of well known YC alumnus Stripe, discuss how to most effectively run a startup company towa...

A Conversation with Elizabeth Iorns - Advice for Biotech Founders
A Conversation with Elizabeth Iorns - Advice for Biotech Founders
6 years ago

YC Partner Adora Cheung talks to Science Exchange Co-Founder and CEO Elizabeth Iorns about her experience as a biotech startup founder. Learn more at https:/...

How to Apply and Succeed at Y Combinator by Dalton Caldwell
How to Apply and Succeed at Y Combinator by Dalton Caldwell
6 years ago

YC Partner Dalton Caldwell gives insight into how YC admissions works and what makes for a successful YC experience. Clarification on the application video: ...

How to Sell by Tyler Bosmeny52:32
How to Sell by Tyler Bosmeny
6 years ago

Tyler Bosmeny from YC alumnus Clever shares his expertise on how an early stage company should think about sales and about building an enterprise sales team....

Building an Engineering Team by Ammon Bartram and Harj Taggar
Building an Engineering Team by Ammon Bartram and Harj Taggar
6 years ago

Former YC Partner and founder of TripleByte Harj Taggar, along with his cofounder Ammon Bartram discuss a topic startups often struggle with most: finding an...

A Conversation with Aileen Lee - Moderated by Geoff Ralston01:00:33
A Conversation with Aileen Lee - Moderated by Geoff Ralston
6 years ago

YC Partner Geoff Ralston talks to Cowboy Ventures Founder Aileen Lee. Transcript and additional content can be found here: https://www.startupschool.org/vide...

Design for Startups by Garry Tan (Part 2)19:32
Design for Startups by Garry Tan (Part 2)
6 years ago

Former YC partner Garry Tan, the cofounder of Initialized Capital and a design expert describes how to effectively integrate design into a product developmen...

PR + Content for Growth by Kat Mañalac and Craig Cannon52:52
PR + Content for Growth by Kat Mañalac and Craig Cannon
6 years ago

YC Partner Kat Manalac and Director of Marketing Craig Cannon describe the most effective ways to use PR and content to help your companies brand and to find...

Design for Startups by Garry Tan (Part 1)
Design for Startups by Garry Tan (Part 1)
6 years ago

Former YC partner Garry Tan, the cofounder of Initialized Capital and a design expert describes how to effectively integrate design into a product developmen...

A Conversation About Crypto-currencies and ICOs with Andy Bromberg01:07:32
A Conversation About Crypto-currencies and ICOs with Andy Bromberg
6 years ago

YC Partner Geoff Ralston talks to CoinList Co-Founder and President Andy Bromberg. Transcript and additional content are here: https://www.startupschool.org/...