How Do Billion Dollar Startups Start?

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Chapters (Powered by ChapterMe) - 00:00 - Coming up: Startup misconceptions 00:21 - Intro 01:08 - Solugen's humble beginnings 02:54 - What convinced you? Doer mentality 04:13 - CaptivateIQ's early days 06:03 - Don't be afraid to pivot 06:26 - Traits of successful founders 08:08 - Amplitude's journey from voice-to-text to analytics 09:55 - Segment's pivot from education to developer tools 11:29 - Jeeves: Clear and concise pitching 14:21 - Everything is in your control 14:55 - PG essay: How to convince investors 15:57 - Misconceptions about startup trajectories 17:21 - Nourish's multiple pivots before success 18:21 - Outro

[@sleepystudios9597]

smart idea!

[@chapterme]

Thank you @@sleepystudios9597 😎

[@yashgupta417]

YC is killing these days with their video creation speed. Keep them coming❤

[@beyond.english-jc]

agree!

[@arincrumley9046]

This early stage is very under represented in the media that i can find out there. Thank you so much YC for talking about a stage that the majority of startups will never escape. Everyone talks about the companies who made it out of this early stage. And they focus on the exciting things that happened after they left this stage. Even finding cofounders is made more difficult by the fact that what this early early stage isn’t well represented.

[@CollinRutherford]

The best founders aren’t afraid to pivot, the willingness to adapt is often what separates success from failure.

[@ItsWrys]

I don’t comment often, but I wanted to say that I really appreciate this video. I recently graduated and moved out of my parent’s house to build my startup full time - we connect local businesses with local communities for sponsorship deals. 2 months in, friends and family are telling me to get a job; I made some and I’m really proud of that, but it’s a fraction of minimum wage

[@gmanfromdibloc2479]

This has to be one of your best videos ever!

[@beyond.english-jc]

I love Y combinator not only because I would like to do something like a start-up but also because this channel and the people in the videos show their glowing eyes, insights, and meaningful reasons why people relentlessly advance. I am flying to Silicon Valley next week to run an AI Drone Camp in Palo Alto and I have been dreaming of meeting any of Y Combinators there... can it happen..? :D

[@chessmaster2000]

16:18 is by far my favorite part 🚀

[@BlueBirdgg]

Great video! Breaking paradigms may increase your possible customers (startup founders). There are a lot of people out there that could possibly be good founders, but can't even imagine there is a path that could lead them to a different future. One thing that I kinda disagree with is that focusing too much on the problem may lead to "generalization" black out. Like when someone has too many tasks at hand and is occupied most of the time with those tasks, it will be very difficult to take a step back and start analyzing things from a broader perspective. So, focus may be what you need startup founders at first, but on long term it may cause some "systematic"/"holistic" bottlenecks on the project, that could have been avoided by not giving your 100% (maybe ~60%) on the tasks that are most important for the project "right now". I guess I understand that the the "grit and determination" personality trait is very distinct from the "strategic and systematic", specially on young people. In the end, it is a very thin line that is very hard to manage what is best for the demands of each project...

[@ralify]

We developed a saas product, but pivoted towards a cat feeder, great success!

[@YouTheReal]

This channel is pure Gold ❤

[@shobhitrajput2183]

Comments section is full of innovators and upcoming 😮entrepreneurs ! Keep fighting guys 💪 💪 we got this!!!

[@GChizo]

Awesome segment! Thank you!

[@SHELDONSMITH]

Right... A true Billion dollar company is the one that is solving problems that people care about.

[@shrey_chheda]

I love how YC partners interact for camera

[@harharmahadevlm]

❤ much love big fan of your vision and work. My only advice to myself and other will be get started ❤

[@Praveenverma001]

"I get a lot of ideas, but I don't know which one to work on. Tell me what I should do."

[@PowerAppsEric]

The only person/people that can answer this are customers

[@qet-lab]

@@PowerAppsEric Watch YC Partner Jared Friedman advice on how to get startup ideas.

[@rudhrateja4967]

When your brain is wired for success you. Get ideas write each and every idea and go on with what is now more resourceful to people now try to solve a problem and if you have any ideas like that that would actually help you and others because lot of times our ideas don't even make sense to others

[@cuzonKing]

Facts me too am so smart 😂

[@qet-lab]

"startups are like sharks , if they don't swim they die"- Paul Graham.

[@Andrei_Neo]

We're all startups to some extent ;)

[@shobhitrajput2183]

Startup is like sperm! Only one works in millions!

[@aakashvijayakumar1442]

Unicorn startups founder - Me, INEVITABLE!

[@SigmaTeacherExpirence]

Thank you for information. Have a nice day!

[@kompila]

You are better off just starting.

[@BigDataLogin]

6:57 agree

[@hapaart]

Every sports coach will say theres only one thing you cant coach and thats speed.

[@sarbeswarsahoo5081]

❤❤ from sarbeswar

[@ukrstam]

🔥🔥🔥

[@NourLababidi]

🎉 Mahalo

[@reinvestwealth]

Doer mentality. Have a biased for action.

[@TheExperienceShow_]

😃

[@michaelshostack2547]

This video was less interesting and felt more like blog fluff. I wanted to hear more about the very beginning of these companies.