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Startup Founder Goes On Tirade About How Awful It Is To Live In San Francisco

The founder, Peter Shih, has since edited the post and called his original rant a "humorous satire,…

Alyson Shontell   


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Joining Silicon Valley's Billion-Dollar Startup Factory, Y Combinator, Isn't Always The Best Idea

Ryan Lackey, a YC summer 2011 alum and co-founder of CryptoSeal, recently wrote on Quora that he wi…

Megan Rose Dickey   


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These 10 Indian startups are taking part in Y Combinator’s demo day

One of the world’s most renowned accelerator programmes, Y Combinator, is concluding its summer pro…

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Amazing Animated GIF Of Y Combinator's Paul Graham Making It Rain

To say the team was excited about their nomination would be an understatement. They created a music…

Alyson Shontell   


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Startup CEO: We Had The Perfect Product Launch Planned, And Then It All Went Splat

The lesson learned is that if you launch and plan to grow massively right out of the gate, you will…

Megan Rose Dickey   


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YC Startup Standard Treasury Is Helping Banks Instead Of Killing Them, And It's Nearing A $12 Million Annual Run Rate

It's an enterprise play, and the pair are running paid pilot programs with a handful of banks. The …

Alyson Shontell   


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Why Some Investors Are Skipping Out On 'Silicon Valley's Version Of The N.F.L. Scouting Combine'

"The only way for a company to be overvalued is if there’s someone willing to pay that price," Grah…

Megan Rose Dickey   


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Finally Startups Have Realized That You Actually Need Revenue To Run A Business

Many of the founders emphasized revenue growth charts in their presentations rather than user growt…

Alyson Shontell   


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This Is The Meanest Thing Silicon Valley Legend Paul Graham Has Ever Said To A Startup

Team members need to be honest with each other, and be upfront if they think the user interface loo…

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Paul Graham Offers Counter-Intuitive Advice To Startups: 'Do Things That Don't Scale'

Don't have a big launch. It's often a mistake to have a big buzzy launch complete with embargoes an…

Alyson Shontell   


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The Difference Between A Startup Failing And Succeeding Could Be Your Mental State

Freedman and his colleagues re-read essays by Graham to get mentally prepared. They presented weekl…

Alyson Shontell   


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Silicon Valley Is In Love With Hardware Startups

Y Combinator is one of the most prestigious and important startup incubators in Silicon Valley. Twi…

Megan Rose Dickey   


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A Silicon Valley insider gave up watching TV aged 13 and says the secret to success involves completely reframing the meaning of hard work

The influential Silicon Valley seed capitalist says that hard work can be learned and that successf…

Stephen Jones   


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Y Combinator was an enclave where tech founders rubbed shoulders with billionaires. Then the coronavirus hit.

In Insider Weekly, we're looking at how COVID pushed Y Combinator into a big growth spurt and what …

Matt Turner,Phil Rosen   


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Why Y Combinator Is The Hottest Startup School In Silicon Valley

Over the weekend, YC founder Paul Graham tweeted that 37 companies out of the program's 511 startup…

Megan Rose Dickey   


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After Being Rejected By Y Combinator, This 26-Year-Old Landed Twitter's Biz Stone As A Mentor

After going through the initial round of investment, the team decided to move out to Palo Alto to t…

Raunaq Singh,Julie Bort   


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Silicon Valley Legend Paul Graham Reveals 5 Things He Looks For Before Investing In A Startup

Graham, a longtime Silicon Valley investor, says the first step is to understand why your startup i…

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Insider Today: Y Combinator's Demo Day decline

Y Combinator's Demo Day has lost some of its luster due to VCs cutting deals ahead of time. Microso…

Dan DeFrancesco   


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Y Combinator lays off 20% staff, scales back on late-stage investments

US-based technology startup accelerator Y Combinator is laying off 17 employees -- or 20 per cent o…

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Your Application To Become A Billionaire Is Due Tomorrow

Storage startup Dropbox is valued at $4 billion, and home rental site Airbnb is valued at around $2…

Megan Rose Dickey