Startup School
Learn how to start a company, with help from the world's top startup accelerator - Y Combinator.
Startup School is an 8-week online course on how to start a startup.
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Get advice based on 15 years of YC’s knowledge, find your co-founder, stay accountable for weekly progress, and be a part of the world’s largest startup community.
The YC Curriculum
Learn how to build a top startup - from the same people who helped Airbnb, Doordash, Stripe, Reddit, and Coinbase get started.
michael seibel
How to Plan your MVP
Michael Seibel, YC Partner & Co-Founder of Twitch
carolynn levy
Modern Startup Funding
Carolynn Levy, inventor of the SAFE
kat manalac
How to Launch your Company in the Press
Kat Manalac, YC Head of Outreach
gustaf alstromer
How to Get Users and Grow
Gustaf Alstromer, YC Partner & Former Head of Growth at Airbnb
ali rowghani
How to Lead Teams
Ali Rowghani, CFO of Pixar & COO of Twitter
dalton caldwell
How and When to Apply to Y Combinator
Dalton Caldwell, YC Partner & Head of Admissions
mark zuckerberg
The Founding Story of Facebook
Mark Zuckerberg, Founder and CEO of Facebook
anne wojcicki
On Starting and Scaling 23andMe
Anne Wojcicki, Co-Founder and CEO of 23andMe
elon musk
How to Build the Future
Elon Musk, Founder and CEO of SpaceX & CEO of Tesla
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companies have gone through Startup School
150+
Startup School companies get accepted to YC each batch
69%
of founders are from outside the USA
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