Office Hours with Michael Seibel

[@KazzyOfficial]

Michael is a gift to all startups

[@AmadTheMarketer]

He really is

[@shrty9]

I never comment on KZbin videos but just applauding Michael. I'm one of those strangers he mentioned who emailed him and he took time to respond. Much appreciated.

[@chrysr7900]

What's his email address?

[@desmondocampbell]

@@chrysr7900 Did you get it?

[@Jahwi]

Much love from Nigeria. We appreciate your funding efforts in our ecosystem.

[@kevinkang4427]

The work put into this behind the scenes, along with the transcript and time stamps are incredible

[@EvaGreenFanPennyDreadful]

Michael is a boss

[@0x0michael]

yes i am 😉

[@caseybecking]

Yeah this is a great conversation. Many strong points and solid information to think about!

[@real_ouss]

I think I will probably not be accepted to YC, but I gained so much insight just from watching and reading YC content after applying (I knew YC before and watched some content, but that increased after I applied), and for that I thank you and a ton of other creators out there

[@nestorvelez1308]

Pumped for start-up school! Thank you.

[@michaelgonline]

This is one of the best videos on life in the game of start ups. So many honest insights. Have experienced much of what Michael describes first hand 🙌

[@alexanderprice2116]

These videos feel a lot more helpful to me personally than startup school. I think it's because I had a harder time understanding the content outside of theoretical knowledge

[@yellowsnh]

Brilliant and clear

[@nelsoncorreia1112]

27:42 MS: “when I think about doing the pitch, these are the things that actually stand out to me: 1: clarity and conciseness, more words are actually bad. When you feel like you are pitching for a long period of time, that’s a bad sign typically."

[@ianborukho]

Hilarious that this video included relationship advice

[@CalebBrandalise]

Great great great ! ! !

[@JoshuaRiebelle]

Quick question: Do you have to be profitable before you can say you've hit "Product-Market-fit"?

[@oliviafeng9100]

... I feel you can say a lot after you become successful ... there are a lot of luck involved in the early stage of success.

[@kellitwiss8183]

Agree, Michael is great. He also responded to my email question, then I had the conundrum do I reply just to say thank you and clutter up his inbox or respect his time and not respond? I chose the latter but I did truly appreciate his response. Thank you Michael :)

[@bexultanmyrzatay7588]

I think, the moment of sincere gratitude is never waste of someone's time. 😉

[@bencoleman8171]

Cheers guys, this was another good one. I’ll def sign up for start up school. Looking forward to it. In terms of start up school and the winter 2019 batch proper, are the timings set up to roll from SUS straight to the batch application and will a successful SUS experience give a head start in getting into the yc proper batch?

[@ycombinator]

Yeah, the timing will line up. There's going to be a section in SUS dedicated to helping you prepare a YC application. We have a podcast coming up next week where Geoff and Adora will discuss the course in more detail. -Craig

[@DrTune]

terrific

[@margaretcezar1109]

I like YC leadership team values.

[@oliversissonphone6143]

If you pitch your friends/family, don't ask if it's a good idea. Of course they'll say it's great. Instead, ask them to explain it back to you and remain silent. If they can't explain it, you've failed at getting your message across.

[@PraveenKumar-ih9rj]

I just want to see Michael in a movie (Hollywood, web series). No, I'm serious.

[@bencoleman8171]

@1.18. Why is it there is less dilution? As in yc companies typically have higher values thus less percentage for the investors cash?

[@ycombinator]

Yeah. They raise on higher valuations so the money they need to operate represents a smaller percentage of the company. However, if a company just tries to raise as much as possible without a good use for it they can lose this advantage and end up quite diluted. Sam talked about this in his post 'Dilution'. - Craig blog.ycombinator.com/dilution/

[@ianborukho]

How much of what you said about the pitch around 28:00 applies to the YC application video. I couldn't tell how much the purpose video was to get to know the founder and hear them talk about the project vs. hearing a perfect pitch for the project.

[@ahsanmohammed1]

Michael, does Y Combinator partner with religious product start ups and ideas. I have several. Billions using old days manner. Many that can be start-up’ised. Many at inflection point.

[@bencoleman8171]

9:51 Where will we be in 18 months time.. In the middle of the largest pandemic for over 100 years.

[@adrianccole]

Camera used?

[@ycombinator]

Canon 70D

[@BrodieTheAthlete]

32.50

[@migue018]

Que iluso es don Néstor, claramente que el sii no va hacer nada pues .

[@xl1179]

Greedy 7%:)

[@arthurye1749]

This is serious talk, why the host keep laughing.

[@adrianccole]

Nervous probably

[@georgew1857]

Clearly you don't know what humor is.