YC Office Hours for Startups Tackling Climate Issues
We’re delighted to announce that YC is hosting online office hours for founders of startups and nonprofits that are solving climate issues on Tuesday, September 24. If you’re in the early stages of building a company we’d love to meet you — anyone from idea stage through Series A and any sized nonprofit is welcome to…
Intercom raises a Series B round of $23M
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How to thrive as a solo non-technical founder
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How to get to YC interview - Insider's Guide to YC W13 Application
The deadline to apply for YC W13 batch is coming up. So I figured I'd write about how to fill out the application to get an interview.
Why I Love Startup School
I realized on the way to Startup School that this was the tenth one I've emceed. We've done one every year since 2005 (plus two this year in NYC and London). It struck me throughout the day how...
The Hacker Way
I don't normally comment on the day's news, but I want to make an exception today to share something from Facebook's S-1 filing . Over the n...
Top Inventions at Browserling
Today is 4 years since I and my co-founder James Halliday have been working at Browserling Inc. I thought I'd share what I think are the top 10 inventions at our company. The first two choices are obvious. They're our products Browserling and Testling. The next eight choices are useful and popular open source…
The Best Online Communities for SaaS Founders
KTVSLOT hadir dengan link alternatif anti-blokir, proses cepat, dan kemenangan tanpa batas. Bos tinggal duduk manis, spin, dan lihat saldo mengalir deras.
How not to get acquired
I launched Gittip.com 16 days ago. It saw really strong initial uptake, then it got side-swiped by a botched acquisition. Herewith, a cautionary tale.
How we validated our SaaS product without building it
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Startup Studios
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The Y Combinator Experience
An article about how Y Combinator can transform your company, and your life.
After reviewing about 30 YC applications, here's some general advice
Demo day just wrapped up for Beacon. We feel pretty good about what we've done since starting YC in January. But it's been a long and winding road to get here. One of my cofounders (@dmitric) and...
Entrepreneurship is hard but you can’t die
I’m posting a series of articles on family, startup culture and careers. These vignettes are about how I’ve lived my life trying to make a dent in the universe. Hoping they’ll give you a point of v…
Where to find ideas
A no-BS guide for new startups, new products, new GTM approaches, and new features
Marc Andreessen at Startup School [video]
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Making money twice
A good portion of this industry is still trying to figure out how to make money for the first time (hint: charge people). But for those who’ve mastered that, I want to talk about the next step: making money twice (or three or four times). Making money off original content isn’t hard …
A Minimum Viable Product Is Not a Product, It’s a Process
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Why being broke is the best startup strategy
Why being broke is the best start-up strategy there is. Startups are hard, but not because entrepreneurs don’t have an appetite for hard work. Rather, it’s the constant rejection, the inability to…