Y Combinator today is graduating 63 new companies, its largest and most biggest class ever. 31 of the startups are presenting themselves on the record for investors at the new…
Are you a hacker who has thought about one day starting a startup? Have you already started it? Then you’re invited to a free, one-day startup school this October 29…
Airbnb a short term rentals company is a classic Silicon Valley story of bootstrapping, rejection and eventually success. Brian Chesky and his co-founder, Joe Gebbia, decided to start a company,…
The best part of blogging is the people you will meet You Will Meet Other Smart People Each article that you publish is a synthesized thought process that may click…
In Paul Graham’s latest article on Y Combinator Numbers, he answered a question posed to him in his recent interview on how YC is doing. He stated that the best…
Venture Capital firms screen through hundreds–if not thousands–of investment “opportunities” each month. To differentiate yourself from your competitors, it’s important to avoid mistakes and and make the best presentation of…
For all the talk of small businesses and startups driving the US economy, just how important are they? According to data from the Kauffman Foundation and the US Census Bureau,…
It’s the grand finale of Y Combinator’s incubator program, where entrepreneurs have a few minutes to show off what they’ve built in the hopes of raising a seed round to…
Paul Graham is an essayist, programmer, and investor. He is a partner at Y Combinator. Determination. This has turned out to be the most important quality in startup founders. The…
Startup School 2010 was organized by YCombinator The speakers included Ron Conway, Brian Chesky, Paul Graham Andrew Mason, Tom Preston-Werner and Mark Zuckerberg. These lessons were shares by speakers at…