I wrote Dropbox their first investment check, on June 26, 2007. Little did I know back then what a momentous check this one would be: that 11 years later, Dropbox would be the first Y Combinator company to go public.
Mar 23, 2018Y Combinator is delighted to announce the third annual Female Founders Conference, on Monday, April 4 in San Francisco. One of the best parts of the FFC is…
Feb 8, 2016We’ve just launched YCGiftIdeas.com— a collection of clever and unique gift ideas from 60 Y Combinator startups. Yesterday I was doing some last-minute online Christmas shopping for my dad…
Dec 17, 2015We are in the midst of YC interviews right now and I had a few bits of advice for interviewees that I thought I’d publish while they are…
Nov 15, 2015We’re excited to launch Female Founder Stories, a collection of interviews with 40 of Y Combinator’s female alumnae. We asked them about things like how they got started,…
Nov 24, 2014Sam wrote about this in his recent blog post, but I’ve found that important and seemingly obvious things often bear repeating. So with Demo Day approaching, I’d like to…
Aug 12, 2014