YC Partners Adora Cheung and Geoff Ralston introduce Startup School 2018.
Correction: The week turns over on Sunday 11:59pm Pacific. The first weekly progress update is due Sept 2 11:59pm Pacific. Weekly progress updates are due by Sunday 11:59pm Pacific every week.
YC Partners Carolynn Levy, Jon Levy, and YC General Counsel Jason Kwon recap on legal mechanics for startups, in addition to common mistakes and problems.
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Legal and Accounting Basics for Startups by Carolynn Levy from How to Start a Startup
Startup Mechanics by Kirsty Nathoo from Startup School 2017
Sam Altman, President of Y Combinator, shares his thoughts on how you can succeed as a startup.
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How and Why to Start A Startup (SUS 2017) by Sam Altman, Dustin Moskowitz
YC CEO Michael Seibel outlines how successful startups think about building something people want.
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Sam Altman's Startup Playbook - A Great Product
Building Product, Talking to Users and Growing (SUS 2014) by Adora Cheung
David Rusenko from YC alumus Weebly details the story of how Weebly developed one of the most popular website creation and hosting sites on the web today.
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How to Find Product Market Fit (SUS 2017) by Peter Reinhardt
The Real Product Market Fit by Michael Seibel
YC Partner Gustaf Alströmer, who was most recently a growth expert at AirBnb describes strategies for scaling your user base.
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How to Get Users and Grow (SUS 2017) by Alex Schultz
Sam Altman's Startup Playbook - Growth
Suhail Doshi, founder of YC alumnus Mixpanel and a world-class expert on measurement details how startups should think about discovering the important facts about how their product is used.
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How to Measure (SUS 2017) by Adam D'Angelo
Former YC partner Garry Tan, the founder of Initialized Capital and a design expert describes how to effectively integrate design into a product development process.
Part 2 of Garry's talk can be found here: Design for Startups Part 2
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How to Build Product Users Love by Kevin Hale
Former YC partner Garry Tan, the founder of Initialized Capital and a design expert describes how to effectively integrate design into a product development process.
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How to Build Product Users Love by Kevin Hale
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.
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Sales and Marketing (SUS 2014) by Tyler Bosmeny and YC Partners
Why Startups Need to Focus on Sales and Not Marketing by Jessica Livingston
Former YC Partner and founder of TripleByte Harj Taggar, along with his cofounder Ammon Bartram discuss a topic startups often struggle with most: finding and hiring the key engineers who will build your product.
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Convincing Engineers to Join Your Team by Harj Taggar
How to Hire Your First Engineer by Harj Taggar
YC Partner Dalton Caldwell gives insight into how YC admissions works and what makes for a successful YC experience.
Clarification on the Application video: Founders can splice together a video if they're not all in the same place; you do not need to be in same place to do the video.
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Common Misconceptions About Applying to YC by Craig Cannon
Applications Info Page
Applications Frequently Asked Questions
YC Partner Jared Friedman joins founders Lillian Chou (COO, Second Measure), Diana Hu (CTO, Escher Reality), Calvin French-Owen (CTO, Segment) and Ralph Gootee (CTO, PlanGrid), to talk about what can go right and wrong building technology.
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YC Partner Geoff Ralston gives an introduction to the key concepts to keep in mind once you enter a fundraising process.
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A Guide to Seed Fundraising by Geoff Ralston
A Fundraising Survival Guide by Paul Graham
How to Raise Money by Paul Graham
How to Raise Money (SUS 2014) by Marc Andreessen, Ron Conway, Parker Conrad
YC CFO and Partner Kirsty Nathoo gives the lowdown on several different ways to capitalize your company and how those impact founder equity and cap tables overall.
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Startup Mechanics (SUS 2017) by Kirsty Nathoo
YC Partner Aaron Harris gives invaluable advice for how to most effectively and strategically meet with investors.
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How to Talk to Investors by Michael Seibel and Qasar Younis
The YC Seed Deck Template by Aaron Harris
How to Present to Investors by Paul Graham
How to Convince Investors by Paul Graham
Advice on Pitching by Aaron Harris