The Secrets of Y Combinator’s Early Success (with YC Co-Founder Jessica Livingston)

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Y Combinator has created over $600B of value. But in 2005 it was just an idea. Today, YC Co-Founder Jessica Livingston tells us some incredible stories and facts about starting YC.
Listen to Jessica's podcast "The Social Radars" to hear incredible stories from the most successful YC Founders: pod.link/1677066062
0:00 From Idea to $600B in Value
0:45 The Origin of YC
5:00 Working together with Paul Graham
I'm Garry Tan, President & CEO at Y Combinator. I was an engineer, designer and product manager who turned into a founder and investor, and now I want to help you in your journey to build technology that changes the world. These videos are about helping people build world-class teams and startups that touch a billion people.
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@mobifunk 3 ай бұрын

I remember when Jessica and Paul came to UC Berkeley in 2011. Paul was already famous because of his essays and YC was starting to make a big name for itself. I had known of Jessica through PG’s essays. So we went and talked to her. She was so nice and encouraged us to apply to YC. We were invited for a YC interview a few months later. Even back then they were getting 100s of application a day. I never thought she would remember us. Not only did she remember us but also remembered details about where we met and what we talked about. It was mind blowing display of her social radar. We got into YC and it changed my life. Jessica is one of the kindest people in startup world today.

@udayverma6120 3 ай бұрын

what was your startup about?

@upsidedownChad 3 ай бұрын

@@udayverma6120 If I'm not mistaken it's called LeadGenius. Here's the Crunchbase description: "LeadGenius is an end-to-end sales solution that provides companies with a way to generate, qualify, deliver, and convert leads."

@saarthshah 3 ай бұрын

Go bears!

@pandalife1313 3 ай бұрын

It is really nice to see how bold she was in order to start YC. And we really thank her for it, because it has given birth to even so many great ideas that are funded right now

@luskira 3 ай бұрын

Great stuff, I can only imagine how fun it must be from within YC to basically witness all these inspirational stories of people going through the absolute hardest of things and coming up on top

@johongo 3 ай бұрын

"Founders at Work" is such a good book!

@maryamrashidi2329 3 ай бұрын

Excellent. I'm so glad you spoke with Jessica. I'd love to hear more inside stories of the early days of Y Cobminator. Could you do an episode with her and Paul Graham on that, please? Not just the things that they have been asked and have answered in all interviews... but the more detailed inside stories. Would be fantastic, and so very much appreciated :)

@BuckFanks 3 ай бұрын

YC is legendary. I'm glad Jessica and Paul Graham got together to help start-ups do better.

@zcanann 3 ай бұрын

I wonder how many startups die because of the "I don't want to lose my health care" problem

@KnowCapIO 3 ай бұрын

That’s why cos like Ravida are going to be key when these layoffs result in new startups being minted

@horizonpathak 3 ай бұрын

Great Stufff Garry, loved this one with Jessica. Keep bringing more of these

@albertv3616 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing. Inspirational and insightful

@mjmikaelson 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing!

@AstroRockit 3 ай бұрын

excited for this one!!

@Calm_passion 3 ай бұрын

SO TRUE !!!! The funner it gets, more success it heads!

@DistributedLedger 3 ай бұрын

This is some pretty inspirational stuff.

@musicmavericks3790 3 ай бұрын

I love Jessica, thank you Gary!! Could you please have PG on as well

@ReflectionOcean 3 ай бұрын

- Start by clearly communicating your new ideas to those impacted by them - 0:46 - Take the leap even if the idea is unclear - 1:14 - Consider the significance of events and networking in building a startup - 2:29 - Create a safe and welcoming environment for collaboration - 3:07 - Simplify incorporation for startups to save on legal fees - 4:41 - Continuously seek ways to enhance and improve your work environment - 6:23 - Have fun at work to increase success and productivity - 6:32 - Recognize the value of complementary co-founders - 8:01 - Share stories of overcoming adversity to inspire others - 10:47 - Keep learning from successful individuals to grow personally and professionally - 11:33

@coodi_16 3 ай бұрын

awww man, i love this so much.. im still going through what she said. THANK YOU JESSICA.)

@user-kq1tg2cm8k 3 ай бұрын

That's why investing in an idea is more benfit than any other investment

@MarcAndrewII 3 ай бұрын

Garry can you PLEASE tell me what webcam or camera you use for your videos? The quality is so clear. Thanks

@GarryTan 3 ай бұрын

Oh this one was a Canon C200 I think but it’s more about the lighting. Normally I use a Sony FX6

@Mishmash- 3 ай бұрын

#RapidCode

@mornearendse3136 3 ай бұрын

@garrytan I love this I've got a business startup from the idea stage. I do have a business plan how do I go about it to raise funding. How can I get a hold of you Garry?

@mornearendse3136 3 ай бұрын

@garrytan where do I sign up with YC?