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What happens at Y Combinator? How can we get funding for our startup? When will the application form for the next cycle be online? How much do you invest? Do we need to write a business plan? Will you sign an NDA? How do I know you wont steal my idea? Our group has two ideas. Can we submit two applications? Will you fund multiple startups working on the same idea? Why didnt you accept our application? What happens at Y Combinator? How can we get funding for our startup? How much do you invest? Sure Just ...
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Was cofounder and CEO of Loopt, which was funded by Y Combinator in 2005 and acquired by Green Dot in 2012. At Green Dot, he was the CTO and is now on the Board of Directors. Sam also founded Hydrazine Capital. He studied computer science at Stanford, and while there worked in the AI lab. Is a roboticist who in 2007 built the first dynamically balancing biped robot. Is the creator of GMail. While at Google he also built the prototype for AdSense, and came up with Googles now famous slogan Dont be evi...
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At YC, we were challenged to do things that dont scale - to start with the perfect experience for one person, then work backwards and scale it to 100 people who love us. This was the best piece of advice weve ever received. Founder, Airbnb (YC W09). I doubt that Stripe would have worked without YC. Its that simple. Acquiring early customers, figuring out who to hire, closing deals with banks, raising money - YCs partners were closely involved and crucially helpful. Founder, Stripe (YC S09). Several of ou...
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Was cofounder and CEO of Loopt, which was funded by Y Combinator in 2005 and acquired by Green Dot in 2012. At Green Dot, he was the CTO and is now on the Board of Directors. Sam also founded Hydrazine Capital. He studied computer science at Stanford, and while there worked in the AI lab. Is a roboticist who in 2007 built the first dynamically balancing biped robot. Is the author of On Lisp. 1993), ANSI Common Lisp. 1995), and Hackers and Painters. Was cofounder of Wufoo, which was funded by Y Combinator...
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About Y Combinator
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Benefits for YC Founders. What Happens at Y Combinator. How to Apply Successfully. Y Combinator provides seed funding for startups. Seed funding is the earliest stage of venture funding. It pays your expenses while youre getting started. Some companies may need no more than seed funding. Others will go through several rounds. There is no right answer; how much funding you need depends on the kind of company you start. We make small investments in return for small stakes in the companies we fund. Were hac...
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Requests for Startups
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Cities of the Future. Apply to Y Combinator. What Happens at Y Combinator. There are a lot of startup ideas weve been waiting for people to apply with, sometimes for years. In an effort to be more direct, were introducing the RFS (Requests for Startups). You shouldnt start a company just because its on this list. It’s mostly here to help stimulate you to think about ideas. Our hope is that someone already working on a company in one of these areas will consider applying to YC. Throughout history, when th...
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At YC, we were challenged to do things that dont scale - to start with the perfect experience for one person, then work backwards and scale it to 100 people who love us. This was the best piece of advice weve ever received. Founder, Airbnb (YC W09). I doubt that Stripe would have worked without YC. Its that simple. Acquiring early customers, figuring out who to hire, closing deals with banks, raising money - YCs partners were closely involved and crucially helpful. Founder, Stripe (YC S09). YC motivated ...
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About Y Combinator
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What Happens at Y Combinator. How to Apply Successfully. Y Combinator provides seed funding for startups. Seed funding is the earliest stage of venture funding. It pays your expenses while youre getting started. Some companies may need no more than seed funding. Others will go through several rounds. There is no right answer; how much funding you need depends on the kind of company you start. We make small investments in return for small stakes in the companies we fund. What happens at Y Combinator?
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What Happens at Y Combinator
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What Happens at Y Combinator. Benefits for YC Founders. How to Apply Successfully. Y Combinator runs two three-month funding cycles a year, one from January through March and one from June through August. During each cycle we host a dinner once a week at Y Combinator and invite some eminent person. From the startup world to speak. The time before dinner is a chance for founders to talk to one another and to us in an unstructured way. Dinner itself happens around 7:15. Everyone eats together at lo...Its a...
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