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| 23.01.2022 | Podcast advertising could be a blueprint for cookieless advertising | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
This article was contributed by Jonathan Gill, fo... |
| 23.01.2022 | Podcast advertising could be a blueprint for cookieless advertising | Did you miss a session from the Future of Work Summit? Head over to our Future of Work Summit on-demand library to stream.
This article was contributed by Jonathan Gill, founder and CEO of Backtracks.
Keyword-based advertising has long been... |
| 17.03.2021 | Backtracks Releases New Suite of Accessibility Features for Podcast Player | Backtracks believes that the future of podcasting will be largely driven and defined by inclusive design and accessible listening experiences
AUSTIN, Texas (PRWEB) March 17, 2021
Backtracks, the leading technology infrastructure platform fo... |
| 23.02.2021 | Backtracks Unveils Touchless “Choose Your Own Adventure” Podcasting and Audio Technology, Allowing Immersive Listening Experiences With a Simple Nod | Publishers and app creators can now create dynamic, interactive and totally immersive audio storytelling experiences based on human activity and gestures like nods, and the accompanying applications and opportunities of this technology are ... |
| 09.02.2021 | Backtracks Rolls Out Real-Time Audio Analytics and Manipulation Capabilities for Publishers and App Creators with New Apple and Android Platform SDKs | Backtracks’ Native SDKs for Apple and Android offers a turn-key solution that captures behavioral audio analytics in a privacy-first way and simplifies deep audio technology.
AUSTIN, Texas (PRWEB) February 09, 2021
Backtracks, the leading t... |
| 26.01.2021 | Backtracks Unveils the Next Generation of Audio Content Consumption with the Backtracks Floating Player | AUSTIN, Texas (PRWEB) January 26, 2021
Backtracks, the leading technology infrastructure platform for end-to-end podcast management, advertising and data analytics, today announces the availability of a new superior audio user experience po... |
| 19.01.2021 | Backtracks Continues to Innovate Technology Stack to Power the Next Era of Podcasting | “Backtracks is clearly differentiating itself as the only technology provider that offers a turnkey platform for managing, measuring and monetizing a podcast ecosystem.” - Kelly Perdew, lead investor and Managing General Partner, Moonshots ... |
| 18.12.2019 | Amber Atherton of Zyper and Iba Masood of TARA on Raising a Series A as a Female Founder
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Transcript | Amber Atherton is the founder and CEO of Zyper (YC W18).
Iba Masood is the cofounder and CEO of TARA (YC W15). Topics
00:15 – Intros
1:00 – Seed fundraising for Zyper and Tara
3:10 – Tara’s pivot
4:15 – Series A fundraising for Zyper a... |
| 11.12.2019 | Laks Srini on Making Homeownership in Reach with ZeroDown
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Transcript | Laks Srini is the cofounder and CTO of ZeroDown. Before that he was the cofounder and CTO of Zenefits.
You can find him on Twitter at @laks_srini. Topics
00:10 – What is ZeroDown?
1:30 – How did they test the idea?
3:30 – What did they ... |
| 04.12.2019 | Matt Cutts on the US Digital Service and Working at Google for 17 Years
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Transcript | Matt Cutts is the Administrator of the US Digital Service and previously he was the head of the webspam team at Google.
You can find him on Twitter at @mattcutts. Topics
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00:18 – Working at Google in 2000
2:30 – Did Google’... |
| 27.11.2019 | Cory Doctorow and Joe Betts-Lacroix on Adversarial Interoperability
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Transcript | Cory Doctorow is a blogger, journalist, and science fiction author. He’s also the co-editor of Boing Boing.
Joe Betts-Lacroix is the CTO of VIUM and an Expert at YC. Topics
00:07 – Adversarial interoperability
7:30 – So what should found... |
| 13.11.2019 | Startup School Week 11 Recap – Geoff Ralston’s Parting Advice | In this week’s lecture YC President Geoff Ralston shares parting advice for all the founders that participated in Startup School.
If you want to sign up for next year’s edition of Startup School, you can put your name on the waitlist at St... |
| 13.11.2019 | Startup School Week 11 Recap - Geoff Ralston's Parting Advice
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Transcript | In this week’s lecture YC President Geoff Ralston shares parting advice for all the founders that participated in Startup School.
If you want to sign up for next year’s edition of Startup School, you can put your name on the waitlist at St... |
| 06.11.2019 | Startup School Week 10 Recap – Ali Rowghani on How to Lead and Kevin Hale and Adora Cheung on Startup School 2019 by the Numbers | We’ve cut down the tenth week of lectures to be even shorter and combined them into one podcast.
First, a lecture from Ali Rowghani. Ali is a partner at YC. His lecture covers how to lead.
Then a lecture from Kevin Hale and Adora Cheung. ... |
| 06.11.2019 | Startup School Week 10 Recap - Ali Rowghani on How to Lead and Kevin Hale and Adora Cheung on Startup School 2019 by the Numbers
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Transcript | We’ve cut down the tenth week of lectures to be even shorter and combined them into one podcast.
First, a lecture from Ali Rowghani. Ali is a partner at YC. His lecture covers how to lead.
Then a lecture from Kevin Hale and Adora Cheung. ... |
| 30.10.2019 | Startup School Week 9 Recap - Carolynn Levy on Modern Startup Financing and Jared Friedman’s Advice for Hard-tech and Biotech Founders
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Transcript | We’ve cut down the ninth week of lectures to be even shorter and combined them into one podcast.
First, a lecture from Carolynn Levy. Carolynn is a partner at YC. Her lecture covers modern startup financing.
Then a lecture from Jared Frie... |
| 30.10.2019 | Startup School Week 9 Recap – Carolynn Levy on Modern Startup Financing and Jared Friedman’s Advice for Hard-tech and Biotech Founders | We’ve cut down the ninth week of lectures to be even shorter and combined them into one podcast.
First, a lecture from Carolynn Levy. Carolynn is a partner at YC. Her lecture covers modern startup financing.
Then a lecture from Jared Frie... |
| 23.10.2019 | Startup School Week 8 Recap - Adora Cheung on Prioritizing Your Time and Kevin Hale on Evaluating Startup Ideas
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Transcript | We’ve cut down the eighth week of lectures to be even shorter and combined them into one podcast.
First a lecture from Adora Cheung. Adora’s a partner at YC. Her lecture covers how to prioritize your time.
Then a lecture from Kevin Hale. ... |
| 23.10.2019 | Startup School Week 8 Recap – Adora Cheung on Prioritizing Your Time and Kevin Hale on Evaluating Startup Ideas | We’ve cut down the eighth week of lectures to be even shorter and combined them into one podcast.
First a lecture from Adora Cheung. Adora’s a partner at YC. Her lecture covers how to prioritize your time.
Then a lecture from Kevin Hale. ... |
| 16.10.2019 | Startup School Week 7 Recap - Kevin Hale on Conversion Rates and Pricing
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Transcript | We’ve cut down the seventh week of lectures to be even shorter and combined them into one podcast.
Kevin Hale gave both lectures this week. Kevin’s a partner at YC and cofounded Wufoo. His first lecture is on how to improve conversion rate... |
| 16.10.2019 | Startup School Week 7 Recap – Kevin Hale on Conversion Rates and Pricing | We’ve cut down the seventh week of lectures to be even shorter and combined them into one podcast.
Kevin Hale gave both lectures this week. Kevin’s a partner at YC and cofounded Wufoo. His first lecture is on how to improve conversion rate... |
| 09.10.2019 | Startup School Week 6 Recap - Tim Brady on Culture and Dalton Caldwell on Pivoting
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Transcript | We’ve cut down the sixth week of lectures to be even shorter and combined them into one podcast.
First a lecture from Tim Brady. Tim’s a partner at YC. His lecture covers the importance of building a good culture early and shares six thing... |
| 09.10.2019 | Startup School Week 6 Recap – Tim Brady on Culture and Dalton Caldwell on Pivoting | We’ve cut down the sixth week of lectures to be even shorter and combined them into one podcast.
First a lecture from Tim Brady. Tim’s a partner at YC. His lecture covers the importance of building a good culture early and shares six thing... |
| 02.10.2019 | Startup School Week 5 Recap - Kirsty Nathoo and Kevin Hale
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Transcript | We’ve cut down the fifth week of lectures to be even shorter and combined them into one podcast.
First a lecture from Kirsty Nathoo. Kirsty is a partner and CFO of YC. Her lecture focuses on the most common mistakes startups make with thei... |
| 02.10.2019 | Startup School Week 5 Recap – Kirsty Nathoo and Kevin Hale | We’ve cut down the fifth week of lectures to be even shorter and combined them into one podcast.
First a lecture from Kirsty Nathoo. Kirsty is a partner and CFO of YC. Her lecture focuses on the most common mistakes startups make with thei... |
| 25.09.2019 | Startup School Week 4 Recap - Kat Mañalac and Gustaf Alströmer
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Transcript | We’ve cut down the fourth week of lectures to be even shorter and combined them into one podcast.
First a lecture from Kat Mañalac. Kat is a partner at YC. Her lecture focuses on how startups should think about launching and why you should... |
| 25.09.2019 | Startup School Week 4 Recap – Kat Mañalac and Gustaf Alströmer | We’ve cut down the fourth week of lectures to be even shorter and combined them into one podcast.
First a lecture from Kat Mañalac. Kat is a partner at YC. Her lecture focuses on how startups should think about launching and why you should... |
| 18.09.2019 | Startup School Week 3 Recap: Anu Hariharan and Adora Cheung | We’ve cut down the third week of lectures to be even shorter and combined them into one podcast.
First, a lecture from Anu Hariharan. Anu is a partner at YC. Her lecture covers nine common startup business models and the metrics investors ... |
| 18.09.2019 | Startup School Week 3 Recap: Anu Hariharan and Adora Cheung
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Transcript | We’ve cut down the third week of lectures to be even shorter and combined them into one podcast.
First, a lecture from Anu Hariharan. Anu is a partner at YC. Her lecture covers nine common startup business models and the metrics investors ... |
| 11.09.2019 | Startup School Week 2 Recap: Michael Seibel, Adora Cheung, and Ilya Volodarsky | We’ve cut down the second week of lectures to be even shorter and combined them into one podcast.
First, a lecture from Michael Seibel. Michael is CEO and a partner at YC. His lecture is about How to Plan an MVP.
Then, a lecture from Ador... |
| 11.09.2019 | Startup School Week 2 Recap: Michael Seibel, Adora Cheung, and Ilya Volodarsky
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Transcript | We’ve cut down the second week of lectures to be even shorter and combined them into one podcast.
First, a lecture from Michael Seibel. Michael is CEO and a partner at YC. His lecture is about How to Plan an MVP.
Then, a lecture from Ador... |
| 04.09.2019 | Startup School Week 1 Recap: Kevin Hale and Eric Migicovsky
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Transcript | We’ve cut down the first week of Startup School lectures to be even shorter and combined them into one podcast.
First, a lecture from Kevin Hale. Kevin is a YC partner and a cofounder of Wufoo. His lecture is about How to Evaluate Startup ... |
| 04.09.2019 | Startup School Week 1 Recap: Kevin Hale and Eric Migicovsky | We’ve cut down the first week of Startup School lectures to be even shorter and combined them into one podcast.
First, a lecture from Kevin Hale. Kevin is a YC partner and a cofounder of Wufoo. His lecture is about How to Evaluate Startup ... |
| 28.08.2019 | Diana Hu on Augmented Reality and Building a Startup in a New Market | Diana Hu cofounded Escher Reality, which went through the Summer 2017 batch of YC. They were acquired by Niantic and she is now the head of their AR platform.
She’s on Twitter @sdianahu. Topics
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00:15 – Getting into AR
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| 28.08.2019 | Diana Hu on Augmented Reality and Building a Startup in a New Market
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Transcript | Diana Hu cofounded Escher Reality, which went through the Summer 2017 batch of YC. They were acquired by Niantic and she is now the head of their AR platform.
She’s on Twitter @sdianahu. Topics
00:00 – Intro
00:15 – Getting into AR
2:30... |
| 21.08.2019 | Aaron Harris on Fundraising and Meeting with Investors
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Transcript | Aaron Harris is a Partner at YC and before that he cofounded Tutorspree.
He’s on Twitter @harris. Topics
00:00 – Intro
00:25 – Seed fundraising process
3:15 – Emailing investors
9:15 – Parallelized fundraising process
12:00 – Meeting ... |
| 14.08.2019 | Jay Reno of Feather, a Furniture Subscription Startup
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Transcript | Jay Reno is the CEO and founder of Feather. Feather is a furniture subscription service. They were in the Summer 2017 batch of YC.
You can check out their furniture at LiveFeather.com and if you live in LA, SF, or New York you can try out ... |
| 07.08.2019 | EconTalk Host Russ Roberts on Key Economic Concepts for Founders
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Transcript | Russ Roberts is the host of the podcast EconTalk (iTunes, RSS, and YouTube), a research fellow at Stanford’s Hoover Institution, and the author of several books, including How Adam Smith Can Change Your Life.
You can find Russ on Twitter @... |
| 31.07.2019 | Startup School Podcast Preview with Kevin Hale
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Transcript | Today’s episode is a preview of the Startup School podcast.
We’re putting all the Startup School lectures on their own podcast feed. You can subscribe here:
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This is the first lecture from Startup School 2019. It’s Kevin Hale ... |
| 31.07.2019 | Startup School Podcast Preview with Kevin Hale | Today’s episode is a preview of the Startup School podcast.
We’re putting all the Startup School lectures on their own podcast feed. You can subscribe here:
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This is the first lecture from Startup School 2019. It’s Kevin Hale ... |
| 24.07.2019 | Anu Hariharan on Managing a Board
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Transcript | Anu Hariharan is a partner at YC. Today’s episode is about her recent post, How To Manage a Board.
You can find her on Twitter @anuhariharan. Topics
00:15 – Why Anu wrote How to Manage a Board
1:45 – Board composition
3:45 – Adding inde... |
| 18.07.2019 | Set the Script: How to Own Your Podcast Ads | Podcasts are gaining in popularity. In June, Spotify announced a new feature that lets users easily find podcasts to enjoy. Additionally, the streaming platform signed an exclusive podcast deal with the Obamas. Podcasts have momentum — and ... |
| 17.07.2019 | Camille Fournier on Managing Technical Teams
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Transcript | Camille Fournier is a Managing Director at Two Sigma and the former CTO of Rent The Runway. She’s also the author of The Manager’s Path: A Guide for Tech Leaders Navigating Growth and Change.
You can find her on Twitter @skamille. Topics
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| 10.07.2019 | Startup Hiring Advice from Lever CEO Sarah Nahm with Holly Liu
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Transcript | Sarah Nahm is the CEO and cofounder of Lever. Lever builds modern recruiting software for teams to source, interview, and hire top talent. They were in the Summer 2012 batch of YC. You can try Lever out at Lever.co.
Holly Liu is a Visiting... |
| 03.07.2019 | Updates for Startup School 2019 and Office Hours with Kevin Hale | Kevin Hale is a Partner at YC. Before working at YC he cofounded Wufoo.
Kevin’s on the podcast today to do some Office Hours and talk about this year’s edition of Startup School.
If you’d like to sign up or learn more, check out StartupSc... |
| 03.07.2019 | Updates for Startup School 2019 and Office Hours with Kevin Hale
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Transcript | Kevin Hale is a Partner at YC. Before working at YC he cofounded Wufoo.
Kevin’s on the podcast today to do some Office Hours and talk about this year’s edition of Startup School.
If you’d like to sign up or learn more, check out StartupSc... |
| 26.06.2019 | Advice on Organizing and Running Growth Teams from Dan Hockenmaier and Gustaf Alströmer
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Transcript | Dan Hockenmaier is the founder of the growth strategy firm Basis One. Prior to Basis One he was the Director of Growth Marketing at Thumbtack. You can learn more at BasisOne.com.
Gustaf Alströmer is a Partner at YC. Prior to YC he was the ... |
| 19.06.2019 | Jeremy Rossmann of Make School on Income Share Agreements and the Future of College
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Transcript | Jeremy Rossmann is the cofounder of Make School. Make School is a college for computer science headquartered in San Francisco. Make School students don’t pay until they have a job after graduation. They were part of YC’s Winter 2012 batch.
... |
| 12.06.2019 | Tracy Young on Scaling PlanGrid to 400+ People with YC Partner Kat Manalac
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Transcript | Tracy Young is a cofounder and the CEO of PlanGrid. PlanGrid makes mobile construction productivity software. They were acquired by Autodesk in 2018 and were part of YC’s Winter 2012 batch.
Kat Manalac is a Partner at YC.
You can find Tra... |
| 10.06.2019 | Beyond Gimlet And Luminary: A Look Into Podcasting Investment In 2019 | 38 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
Since 2001, former record-label owner Jonathan Gill has been analyzing audio and how users listen to it. He’d answer questions like which songs are listened to on specific platforms, and help artist... |
| 05.06.2019 | Simone Giertz on Her Robots and Returning to Work After Brain Surgery
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Transcript | Simone Giertz describes herself as a maker/robotics enthusiast/non-engineer. She’s also known as the Queen of Shitty Robots. She runs a YouTube channel about those robots and is a cohost on Tested with Adam Savage from MythBusters.
You can... |
| 31.05.2019 | Backtracks Closes $2.1M Funding |
AUSTIN, TX, Pioneer in podcast analytics, today announced $2.1 million in seed funding led by Moonshots Capital.
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| 30.05.2019 |
Moonshots Capital Leads Investment In Backtracks
| Los Angeles-based venture investor Moonshots Capital is the lead investor in a new startup, Backtracks, a developer of podcast analytics software. According to Backtracks, it has raised $2.1M in a seed funding round, which was led by Moonsh... |
| 30.05.2019 | Backtracks Raises a Seed Round to Help Monetize Podcasts | Podcasters, like much of the media world, tend to generate a lot more income when they have an idea of how many people are listening and who those listeners are.
That's where Austin startup Backtracks comes in.
The company's platform tracks... |
| 30.05.2019 | Backtracks Closes $2.1 Million Funding Round | Backtracks, a pioneer in podcast analytics, today announced $2.1 million in seed funding led by Moonshots Capital. Capital Factory, Sputnik ATX, Next Coast Ventures, Bull Creek Capital, and BNSG Capital also participated in the round. The f... |
| 30.05.2019 | Backtracks Closes $2.1M Funding Round | Backtracks, an Austin, Texas based podcast analytics company, raised $2.1m in seed funding.
The round was led by Moonshots Capital, with participation from Capital Factory, Sputnik ATX, Next Coast Ventures, Bull Creek Capital, and BNSG Capi... |
| 30.05.2019 | Term Sheet — Thursday May 30, Warby Parker, Qatar and SoFi | HOW WARBY PARKER GOT ITS START
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| 30.05.2019 | Daily funding roundup - May 30th, 2019 | VuPulse raised $1M; Backtracks secured $2.1M; Yapily landed $5.4M; Pillar closed $5.5M
VuPulse: VuPulse is a leading text recognition company offering innovative advertising and intelligence solutions for networks, studios, and publishers. ... |
| 30.05.2019 | Backtracks Raises $2.1 Million for its Podcast Data, Analytics, and Hosting Platform | Backtracks, a data and analytics and hosting platform for podcasts, announced Thursday that it has raised $2.1 million in seed stage funding. |
| 30.05.2019 | Moonshots Capital Leads $2.1 Million Backtracks Seed Round | - |
| 29.05.2019 | Analyzing Billions of Transactions to Answer Questions on Consumer Behavior - Michael Babineau of Second Measure with Kevin Hale
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Transcript | Michael Babineau is cofounder and CEO of Second Measure. Second Measure analyzes billions of credit card transactions to answer real-time questions on consumer behavior. They were in the Summer 2015 batch of YC and you can check them out at... |
| 22.05.2019 | Vidit Aatrey on Building Meesho, India's Top Reselling Platform, with Adora Cheung
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Transcript | Vidit Aatrey is cofounder and CEO of Meesho. Meesho is a platform in India that allows people to resell products using their social networks. They were in the Summer 2016 batch of YC and you can check them out at Meesho.com.
Adora Cheung i... |
| 15.05.2019 | Monetizing Podcasts and Newsletters - Chris Best of Substack and Jonathan Gill of Backtracks
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Transcript | Chris Best is the cofounder and CEO of Substack. Substack makes it simple for a writer to start a paid newsletter. They were in the Winter 2018 batch of YC. You can check them out at Substack.com.
Jonathan Gill is the cofounder and CEO of ... |
| 08.05.2019 | HubSpot CEO and Cofounder Brian Halligan with Wufoo Cofounder Kevin Hale
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Transcript | Brian Halligan is the CEO and cofounder of HubSpot. HubSpot builds software for marketing, sales, and customer service. You can try it out at HubSpot.com.
Kevin Hale is a Partner at YC and cofounder of Wufoo.
Brian is on Twitter @bhalliga... |
| 01.05.2019 | Software Engineer Turned Youtuber - Jarvis Johnson
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Transcript | Jarvis Johnson was previously a software engineer at Patreon, Yelp, and Google. He’s now a YouTuber.
You can find him on YouTube at Jarvis Johnson and on Twitter @jarvis. Topics
00:00 – Jarvis’ intro
00:30 – Where his videos first got tr... |
| 24.04.2019 | Harry Zhang with Kevin Hale on Building Lob to Automate the Offline World
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Transcript | Harry Zhang is the cofounder of Lob. Lob makes it possible for enterprises to programmatically send physical mail. They were in the Summer 2013 batch of YC.
Kevin Hale is a Partner at YC.
Harry is on Twitter @harryzhang and Kevin is @ilik... |
| 17.04.2019 | Max Rhodes of Faire with Anu Hariharan on Scaling and Fundraising
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Transcript | Max Rhodes is the cofounder and CEO of Faire. Faire helps retailers find and buy unique wholesale merchandise for their stores. They were in the Winter 2017 batch of YC.
Anu Hariharan is a Partner at YC.
Max is on Twitter @MaxRhodesOK and... |
| 10.04.2019 | Google Photos Product Lead and Bump Cofounder David Lieb with Gustaf Alströmer
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Transcript | David Lieb is the Product Lead for Google Photos. Prior to working on Google Photos, David was the cofounder and CEO of Bump, which was in the Summer 2009 batch of YC.
Gustaf Alströmer is a Partner at YC.
David is on Twitter @dflieb and G... |
| 03.04.2019 | A CS Education That's Free Until You Get a Job - Austen Allred of Lambda School
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Transcript | Austen Allred is the CEO and cofounder of Lambda School.
Lambda School provides a CS education that’s free until you get a job. They were in the Summer 2017 batch of YC.
You can learn more about Lambda School at lambdaschool.com.
Austen ... |
| 27.03.2019 | Amy Buechler and Michael Seibel on Founder Coaching and Having Hard Conversations
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Transcript | Amy Buechler is an executive coach for startup founders.
Michael Seibel is a partner and the CEO of YC.
In this episode we talk about coaching and use examples from Michael’s time working on Justin.tv and Socialcam.
You can find Amy at h... |
| 21.03.2019 | Marques Brownlee on Building an Audience and Other Advice for Creators
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Transcript | Marques Brownlee is a YouTuber. He has over 8 million subscribers to his channel MKBHD where he reviews electronics, drives electric vehicles, and interviews people such as Kobe Bryant and Bill Gates.
You can find Marques on YouTube and on... |
| 13.03.2019 | Craig Cannon on Podcasting with Adora Cheung
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Transcript | Craig Cannon is the Director of Marketing at Y Combinator. He usually hosts the YC podcast but today is the guest on this episode about podcasting.
Adora Cheung is a Partner at YC.
You can find Adora on Twitter at @nolimits and Craig at @... |
| 11.03.2019 | YC’s Director of Events Domonique Fines with Elpha CEO Cadran Cowansage | Domonique Fines is the Director of Events at YC.
Cadran Cowansage is the cofounder and CEO of Elpha. Elpha is a private online community for women in tech.
Join Elpha to read Dom’s AMA.
You can find Dom on Twitter at @domoniquefines and ... |
| 11.03.2019 | YC's Director of Events Domonique Fines with Elpha CEO Cadran Cowansage
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Transcript | Domonique Fines is the Director of Events at YC.
Cadran Cowansage is the cofounder and CEO of Elpha. Elpha is a private online community for women in tech.
Join Elpha to read Dom’s AMA.
You can find Dom on Twitter at @domoniquefines and ... |
| 06.03.2019 | Mike Knoop on Product and Design Processes for Remote Teams with Kevin Hale
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Transcript | Mike Knoop is cofounder and Chief Product Officer at Zapier, which was in the YC Summer 2012 batch. Zapier moves information between your web apps automatically.
Kevin Hale is a Visiting Partner at YC. Before YC Kevin was the cofounder of ... |
| 27.02.2019 | Karn Saroya on the Capital-Light Way to Start an Insurance Business
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Transcript | Karn Saroya is the CEO and cofounder of Cover, which was in the YC Winter 2016 batch.
Cover is a nationally licensed insurance brokerage. You can use their app to take a picture of property you want to insure and they’ll connect you with t... |
| 21.02.2019 | Caterina Fake on Her New Podcast, Should This Exist? With Kat Manalac
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Transcript | Caterina Fake hosts the podcast Should This Exist? which is about how technology is impacting our humanity. It launches today on iTunes. She also cofounded Flickr, Hunch, and Findery and is an investor at Yes VC.
Kat Manalac is a partner a... |
| 21.02.2019 | Caterina Fake on Her New Podcast, Should This Exist? With Kat Manalac | Caterina Fake hosts the podcast Should This Exist? which is about how technology is impacting our humanity. It launches today on iTunes. She also cofounded Flickr, Hunch, and Findery and is an investor at Yes VC.
Kat Manalac is a partner a... |
| 15.02.2019 | Ryan Hoover on Product Hunt's Acquisition and Lessons Learned About Startup Launches with Dalton Caldwell
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Transcript | Ryan Hoover is the founder of Product Hunt which was in the Summer 2014 YC batch and was acquired by AngelList. He also invests in startups through his Weekend Fund.
Dalton Caldwell is a Partner at YC where he runs admissions.
You can fin... |
| 06.02.2019 | Transitioning from Academia to Data Science - Jake Klamka with Kevin Hale
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Transcript | Jake Klamka founded Insight. Insight provides intensive 7 week professional training fellowships in fields such as data science and data engineering. Insight was in the YC Winter 2011 batch.
Kevin Hale is a Visiting Partner at YC. Before Y... |
| 30.01.2019 | What Shutting Down Your Startup Feels Like - Avni Patel Thompson of Poppy with Kat Manalac
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Transcript | Avni Patel Thompson founded Poppy, which helped parents book the best caregivers. They went through the YC Winter 2016 batch and recently shut down. Avni asked to come on the podcast to talk about what the process of shutting down was like.... |
| 23.01.2019 | Tracking Political Manipulation Through Social Media - Samantha Bradshaw
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Transcript | Samantha Bradshaw is a researcher at the Computational Propaganda Project and a doctoral candidate at the Oxford Internet Institute. She’s been tracking the phenomenon of political manipulation through social media.
You can find Samantha o... |
| 23.01.2019 | Tracking Political Manipulation Through Social Media – Samantha Bradshaw | Samantha Bradshaw is a researcher at the Computational Propaganda Project and a doctoral candidate at the Oxford Internet Institute. She’s been tracking the phenomenon of political manipulation through social media.
You can find Samantha o... |
| 16.01.2019 | Cindy Mi and Qi Lu Share Advice for Entrepreneurs Building Global Companies
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Transcript | Cindy Mi is the founder and CEO of VIPKID. VIPKID is a 1-on-1 teaching platform where children in China learn english from North American teachers.
Qi Lu is the CEO of YC China and Head of YC Research. Topics
00:00 – Qi’s intro
00:15 – C... |
| 09.01.2019 | Vinod Khosla on How to Build the Future
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Transcript | Vinod Khosla is the founder of Khosla Ventures, a firm focused on assisting entrepreneurs to build impactful new energy and technology companies. Previously he was the founding CEO of Sun Microsystems, where he pioneered open systems and co... |
| 20.12.2018 | Frank Lantz – Director of NYU’s Game Center and Creator of Universal Paperclips | Frank Lantz is a game designer and Director of the NYU Game Center. He cofounded Area/Code Games and most recently released a game called Universal Paperclips in which you’re an AI that makes paperclips.
Frank’s on Twitter @flantz and his ... |
| 20.12.2018 | Frank Lantz - Director of NYU's Game Center and Creator of Universal Paperclips
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Transcript | Frank Lantz is a game designer and Director of the NYU Game Center. He cofounded Area/Code Games and most recently released a game called Universal Paperclips in which you’re an AI that makes paperclips.
Frank’s on Twitter @flantz and his ... |
| 14.12.2018 | Starting a Startup After Business School - Reham Fagiri and Kalam Dennis of AptDeco
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Transcript | Reham Fagiri and Kalam Dennis are the founders of AptDeco, where you can buy and sell used furniture. They were in the YC Winter 2014 batch and you can find them at AptDeco.com. Topics
0:00 – What is AptDeco?
0:45 – Why did Reham and Kala... |
| 06.12.2018 | Leonard Susskind on Richard Feynman, the Holographic Principle, and Unanswered Questions in Physics | Leonard Susskind is a professor of theoretical physics at Stanford University and he’s regarded as one of the fathers of string theory.
He’s written several books including: The Black Hole War, The Cosmic Landscape, and the Theoretical Min... |
| 06.12.2018 | Leonard Susskind on Richard Feynman, the Holographic Principle, and Unanswered Questions in Physics
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Transcript | Leonard Susskind is a professor of theoretical physics at Stanford University and he’s regarded as one of the fathers of string theory.
He’s written several books including: The Black Hole War, The Cosmic Landscape, and the Theoretical Min... |
| 28.11.2018 | Michael Seibel on Starting a Startup, Finding Product Market Fit, and Fundraising | Michael Seibel is a partner and the CEO of YC. He cofounded Justin.tv, which was in the winter 2007 batch and Socialcam, which was in the winter 2012 batch.
In this episode Michael comments on five of his essays. The essays are: Why Should... |
| 28.11.2018 | Michael Seibel on Starting a Startup, Finding Product Market Fit, and Fundraising
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Transcript | Michael Seibel is a partner and the CEO of YC. He cofounded Justin.tv, which was in the winter 2007 batch and Socialcam, which was in the winter 2012 batch.
In this episode Michael comments on five of his essays. The essays are: Why Should... |
| 20.11.2018 | Andrew Kortina of Venmo and Fin on Technological Determinism and Work’s Relationship to Dignity | Andrew Kortina is the cofounder of Venmo and Fin.
Andrew blogs at https://kortina.nyc/ and is on Twitter @kortina. Topics
00:00 – Human dignity and work
7:35 – Creating jobs
9:35 – From The Beautiful Struggle // The Beautiful Game – You... |
| 20.11.2018 | Andrew Kortina of Venmo and Fin on Technological Determinism and Work's Relationship to Dignity
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Transcript | Andrew Kortina is the cofounder of Venmo and Fin.
Andrew blogs at https://kortina.nyc/ and is on Twitter @kortina. Topics
00:00 – Human dignity and work
7:35 – Creating jobs
9:35 – From The Beautiful Struggle // The Beautiful Game – You... |
| 14.11.2018 | Brian Donohue on Operating Instapaper Through an Acquisition
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Transcript | Brian Donohue is President of Instapaper and a Product Engineering Manager at Pinterest.
You can find him on Twitter @bthdonohue. Topics
00:00 – The history of Instapaper
8:00 – Free competitors enter the market
10:00 – How Brian joined... |
| 14.11.2018 | Brian Donohue on Operating Instapaper Through an Acquisition | Brian Donohue is President of Instapaper and a Product Engineering Manager at Pinterest.
You can find him on Twitter @bthdonohue. Topics
00:00 – The history of Instapaper
8:00 – Free competitors enter the market
10:00 – How Brian joined... |
| 11.11.2018 | A Conversation with Werner Vogels | Werner Vogels, CTO of Amazon, joins YC Software Engineer Kyle Corbitt to share his experience and insights on technology and startups.
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| 08.11.2018 | Sam Altman on Choosing Projects, Creating Value, and Finding Purpose
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Transcript | In this episode of the podcast Sam Altman expands on ideas that have come up in several of his essays. Specifically: choosing projects, creating value, and finding purpose.
Sam’s the president of YC Group and co-chairman of OpenAI. You can... |
| 08.11.2018 | Sam Altman on Choosing Projects, Creating Value, and Finding Purpose | In this episode of the podcast Sam Altman expands on ideas that have come up in several of his essays. Specifically: choosing projects, creating value, and finding purpose.
Sam’s the president of YC Group and co-chairman of OpenAI. You can... |
| 25.10.2018 | How to Win by Daniel Gross | Daniel Gross, former YC Partner and founder shares his wisdom of how to survive and thrive as a startup founder.
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