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Founder Mode: Paul Graham, Founder, Y Combinator
Paul Graham talks about how the concept of founder mode arose from Brian Chesky's famous talk in 2024, what it means, and the latest things he's obse…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Founder Mode: Garry Tan, President & CEO, Y Combinator
We spoke with YC president & CEO Garry Tan about the Founder Mode event he organized for YC alumni. He talks about why founder mode matters and how t…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Ron Conway, Founder, SV Angel Part 4 (Bonus)
In part 4 of our series with legendary investor Ron Conway, we get into the story of Napster. Napster was founded by Shawn Fanning and Sean Parker in…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Ron Conway, Founder, SV Angel (Part 3)
In Part 3 of our conversation with Ron Conway, he takes us behind the scenes at early Google. Ron was involved with Google almost from the start; he …
1 year ago
Drew Houston, Founder & CEO, Dropbox
In today's episode we talk with Drew Houston, founder and CEO of Dropbox. We've known Drew for a long time (YC funded Dropbox in 2007) and he's extre…
1 year ago
Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI
Today we catch up with Sam Altman, Founder and CEO of OpenAI. Sam was in Y Combinator's first batch in 2005 and later returned as YC's president from…
1 year, 1 month ago
Eric Migicovsky, Founder, Pebble & Beeper
In today's episode Eric Migicovsky, the founder of Pebble and Beeper, shares the journey of building one of the first smartwatches. The Pebble watch …
1 year, 1 month ago
Alexandr Wang, Founder & CEO of Scale
In today's episode we go down into the engine room of the AI Revolution with Scale AI founder Alexandr Wang. Since 2016 Scale has been supplying trai…
1 year, 2 months ago
Harj Taggar, Partner, Y Combinator
Today we catch up with Harj Taggar, who knows as much about startups as anyone of his generation. YC funded two of his startups, Auctomatic in 2007 a…
1 year, 2 months ago
Gusto Co-Founders: Josh Reeves, Edward Kim & Tomer London
In today’s episode, we chat with all three of the Gusto founders: Josh Reeves, Eddie Kim, and Tomer London. Gusto is a payroll and employee benefits …
1 year, 3 months ago