The YC Growth Program is designed for companies with between 50 – 150 employees that are scaling rapidly. If you would like to be considered for admission, please complete this application.
Jul 31, 2018We are delighted to invite interested founders to apply to the YC Growth Program. The Growth Program is designed for companies with between 50 – 150 employees that are scaling rapidly. The deadline for application is February 23, 2018.
Jan 30, 2018Today, we are excited to announce the YC Growth Program, our first formal program for later stage startups. If we imagine Y Combinator as the university degree for startups, the Growth Program is grad school. The program is designed for founder-CEOs of post-Series A companies with between 50-100 employees who are in the early stages of company-building. The basis of the program is a 10-week dinner series, with each dinner focused on a specific issue that every startup has to overcome in order to scale successfully.
Dec 14, 2017It’s tempting to measure leaders simply by the success of their businesses. But even the most successful founders know how much timing and luck can be confounding factors in this approach. Measuring leadership through bottom-line company performance also fails to provide any clues as to how someone can improve as a leader. So is there a better way?
Jan 19, 2017
When startup CEOs start to scale their companies, they need to redefine themselves and their roles or risk stunting the potential of their startups.
Nov 29, 2016Sharon Pope will be joining YC to run programs and marketing for the YC Continuity Fund. Sharon was most recently the Chief Marketing Officer for Green Dot Corporation…
Aug 19, 2016We are excited to announce that Anu Hariharan will be joining YC as a partner with the YC Continuity Fund. Anu has been an investment partner at Andreessen…
Aug 1, 2016