Fireside Chat with Michael Seibel | Sept. 15, 2020

On September 15, 2020, Tsai CITY hosted Y Combinator partner and CEO Michael Seibel (Yale College '05) for a virtual fireside chat. Before YC, Michael was the co-founder and CEO of Justin.tv (which later became Twitch and sold to Amazon for $1B), and Socialcam. Learn more about Tsai CITY at city.yale.edu.
About Michael Seibel: Michael Seibel is the CEO and a Partner at Y Combinator. Previously, Michael was the co-founder and CEO of Justin.tv and Socialcam. Socialcam sold to Autodesk in 2012 and under the leadership of Emmett Shear, Justin.tv became Twitch.tv and sold to Amazon in 2014. Before getting into startups, he spent a year as the finance director for a US Senate campaign and in 2005, Michael graduated from Yale University with a BA in political science.
About Tsai CITY: The Tsai Center for Innovative Thinking at Yale (Tsai CITY) aims to inspire students from diverse backgrounds and disciplines to seek innovative ways to solve real-world problems. Learn more at city.yale.edu.

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Great conversation. The interviewer did a great job and asked really thoughtful questions.

[@margaretcezar1109]

This interview is great! Thank you Michael. You all have the answer. Can't imagine YC was once an underdog. 🙂

[@anthonybryant9986]

Great Interview! Michael is very real and very inspiring.

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[@Jr-xs9hy]

Awesome chat! Learned a lot :)

[@sinabooeshaghi5919]

I enjoyed this conversation very much! The questions were fantastic.

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Very good interview!

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