Y combinators summer 2014 demo day is in full swing here at the computer history museum in mountain view, california. Along with sam, other super intelligent brains of startup ecosystem are going to teach this course. The video you see on the front page does not exist in code, it is simply a prototype designed with figma. The room is packed with investors and press, the coffee is flowing, people.
Remember, you can download this template as a pdf, or you can use slidebean to edit it for free. Startups take off because the founders make them take off. Stripes founding team is probably worth another billion dollars 5. How we got into y combinator ownlocal w10 austin startups. How a nontechnical solo founder got into y combinator.
If you have a demo for your product, there is a place in the application for that. I was admitted into yc as part of the summer 2011 batch. But getting in as a single nontechnical founder required a higher burden of proof than normal. Y combinator shows off 39 companies at demo day venturebeat. We work intensively with the companies for three months, to get them into the best possible shape and refine their pitch to investors. The y combinator opportunity came along at a perfect time were about to. When we first wrote this guide in 2012, i was on my third application to y combinator. Videos from startup school 2017, y combinators free 10week massively open online course.
We thought when we started y combinator that the most important quality would be intelligence. When they click on the link, theyll be able to join you in the meeting. Many yc startups are actively hiring on work at a startup across engineering, product, design, marketing and more. Covid19 will have an impact on every part of the global economy over the upcoming months, y combinator said last week. I wrote dropbox their first investment check, on june 26, 2007. The real reason why y combinator is dominating the world. Here, we want to hear how the founders communicate. In the first episode, ycs sam altman talks to mark zuckerberg. The ultimate guide list for startups applying to y combinator. This is not the place to submit a demo or promotional video. Y combinator, that bastion of uberhacker teams, does accept single nontechnical founders, and i am living proof.
Our team made applying for each batch something of a ritual, using it as motivation to grind on our metrics and nail our story. Rockstar video tips from y combinator video startup founder. Fixedpoint combinators may also be easily defined in other functional and imperative languages. However, we dont want to see any promotional video. Lyle fong is the ceo and cofounder of hobo labs, a mobile video game studio. Getting into y combinator as a single, nontechnical founder. I spoke to michael litt, cofounder of y combinator video startup vidyard, for tips. What are chances for a nontechnical single founder applying to y combinator. Today, were launching screen, which is in many ways a successor to screenhero.
Y combinator is an american seed money startup accelerator launched in march 2005 and has been used to launch over 2,000 companies including stripe, airbnb, cruise automation, doordash, coinbase, instacart, and dropbox. Anyway, weve taken the liberty of rebulding this deck in our platform, and coming up with a few style alternatives that we hope suit you. Robby previously founded two companies funded by y combinator. The top 7 startups from y combinator s17 demo day 1. Y combinators new chief sam altman has an idea that youre not going to like. Press download in the email and it will open in your browsersave to your download folder. What we dont want to see is a screencast or other product demo. The implementation in lambda calculus is more difficult due to limitations in lambda calculus. Adora has a masters in economics from university of rochester and a bachelors in computer science from clemson. Reshma shetty, founder of ginkgo bioworks at the female founders conference duration. The company was a member of the y combinator winter 2019 cohort. Y combinators application video instructions say that the.
Slideshow of founders and startups at y combinator. Y combinator is a startup accelerator based in mountain view, ca. See buffers rejected y combinator application buffer open. Tetrascience secures investment from waters corporation. Y combinator said the program for the next class of startups, which begins in the summer, could take place partly or entirely through online video. If youre going to spend time making something cool, put it into your product. In a recent blog post, altman writes that founders should get less equity, not more, and that founder equity should. Having a cofounder that you trust is a thousand times better than being alone. The y combinator is an implementation of a fixedpoint combinator in lambda calculus. Autoplay when autoplay is enabled, a suggested video will automatically play next. It has the excel and the ycombinator post safe guide. In this series, y combinator president sam altman sits down with people who have built successful companies and shaped the world today.
Y combinator is with sam altman and mark zuckerberg. Shiok meats, the sinaporebased startup that is making cellbased shrimp and other crustaceans, is the first cultured meat company to participate in y combinator. This has turned out to be the most important quality in startup founders. Y combinator accelerators are an increasingly important part of the startup ecosystem.
Facebooks ipo will hurt startups, warns y combinator founder. The founders of other ycfunded companies tend to be especially helpful. Y combinator is helping entrepreneurs build more successful businesses with the launch of a video series entitled how to build the future. Thats why these people come here again and again and share stories they. Dont be the founder that fucks it up for everyone else. The cofounder of the startup incubator sends an email to portfolio companies warning of hard times ahead thanks to facebooks. How to film your y combinator application video startup. If you have more than one founder, try to have all of. In 2005, y combinator developed a new model of startup funding. My cofounder, jason novek, and i got into y combinator when there were 27 total. We launched a new video series called how to build the future. Click here to visit our frequently asked questions about html5 video. Because they know the y combinator network is trustworthy.
A good application still takes a few hours to get just right, but the hardest thing for most founders definitely for us was always the video. Little did i know back then what a momentous check this one would be. Iba masood is the cofounder and ceo of tara yc w15. Why do they share it with whats basically a bunch of strangers to them. Mixpanels founder is at y combinator with his new startup.
Y combinator created a new model for funding early stage startups. Their founders and early employees can be much more productive than. Previously, she was cofounder and ceo at homejoy and a product manager at slide. I was the cofounder and ceo of screenhero, and after its acquisition by slack in 2015, i led the team that built slack calls voice, video and screen sharing in slack. Ceo and cofounder veronika riederle says that the fact its so closely focused on sales separates it from other more general meeting tools like zoom, webex or gotomeeting.
He previously was ceo and founder of lithium technologies, an enterprise socialmedia software company. Safe calculator for the ycombinator post money safe. One of the great things about being any kind of founder is learning from mistakes, picking yourself up off the ground, and. The deck you see above follows the structure proposed by the ycombinator team, with a much, much fresher look. Investors included gfc, fundersclub, y combinator, kleiner perkins and an unnamed group of angel investors. Y combinators sam altman and other investors think. This video successfully got us an interview with y combinator for the winter 2014 batch. Weve been able to maintain this circle of trust for many years. Twice a year we invest a small amount of money in a large number of startups. Have any solo founders been selected for y combinator. Like so many other startups, we viewed y combinator as the ultimate accelerator program, and we were eager to apply.
Y combinator emily weiss on the insights that grew. A stem cell cryobank, selfflying personal planes and an augmented reality data platform were amongst the highlights of the y combinator summer 2017 demo day part 1. Amber atherton is the founder and ceo of zyper yc w18. Well ask them how they got started, what they think the future will look like, what theyve learned about how to build successful companies, and what theyd do if they were just starting out today. All 84 startups from y combinators s19 demo day 1 techcrunch. Sandhya sriram told the spoon that theyre planning to roll out their products in southeast asia, and expect to have their first cellbased product to market in three. These 10 food tech startups from y combinators latest. Y combinator itself gives very simple, if not slightly vague, instructions for founders putting in a yc application.
How long have the founders known one another and how did you meet. The ideal video should have all of the founders together, each founder should very briefly introduce themselves, and then they should explain what t. Up next how to apply and succeed at y combinator by dalton caldwell duration. Y combinator cofounder paul graham by harris from desktop or your mobile device. I got into yc as a single founder s12, but i took pgs advice and found a cofounder to work with. Paul graham warned that facebooks tepid postipo performance could depress funding levels. Our goal is to help you work with others like youre in the same room. The video should be 1 minute long and should contain nothing except the founders talking.
But as long as youre over a certain threshold of intelligence, what matters most is. Y combinator launches video series interviewing successful. Startups are hard, there are a lot of ups and downs and a lot of. Startup video lessons of sam altman founder, y combinator the open source videos of sam altman serve as lessons for the class.