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Pivoting to a billion-dollar idea: Lessons from Clipboard Health founder Wei Deng

by Greg Kumparak3/6/2024

Many of the greatest companies in YC’s history pivoted along the way. Here's the story of how Clipboard Health founder Wei Deng found an idea worth over $1B.

Building Confidence In Yourself and Your Ideas

by Dalton Caldwell2/29/2024

People are going to have feedback about your startup idea — how do you make sense of it all?

One-off Early Interviews for Summer 2024 - Apply by Feb 21st

by Y Combinator2/16/2024

We’re planning to do a special one-off round of early interviews for the next YC batch. If you want to do the next batch of YC, you should consider applying now by Feb 21 so you can get a faster decision (and earlier funding).

Stop innovating on the wrong things

by Dalton Caldwell2/15/2024

In this episode of Dalton & Michael we’ll discuss the downsides of trying to “innovate” on certain things and why that can make it LESS likely a company succeeds.

YC's latest Request for Startups

by Dalton Caldwell2/14/2024

These are some of the things we want to see more founders working on.

Bootstrap or VC?

by Dalton Caldwell2/5/2024

In this episode of Dalton & Michael, we’ll explain why the "Bootstrap or raise Venture Capital?" debate is a much simpler one than many make it out to be.