Y Combinator CEO and Partner Michael Seibel on how to cold email investors.
Sep 24, 2019We looked at 120 US Series A rounds from our portfolio over the past 18 months to see whether or not preemptive offers were generally more or less dilutive than process driven rounds. On average, founders taking preemptive offers are taking ~1.4% more dilution for less money.
Sep 19, 2019Y Combinator CEO and Partner Michael Seibel on the biggest mistakes first-time founders make.
Aug 16, 2019I’ve recently noticed an uptick in the number of “angels” that aren’t actually angels. These investors are institutional funds (read, LP dollars), the details of which aren’t generally disclosed until the founder sees a strange entity name on the signature lines in the docs.
Aug 12, 2019Dalton Caldwell, Y Combinator partner and founder of imeem and Mixed Media Labs, on how to convince someone to join your startup.
Aug 9, 2019YC Partner and Tutorspree cofounder Aaron Harris on when to shut down a startup.
Jul 29, 2019Anu Hariharan is a partner at YC. Today’s episode is about her recent post, How To Manage a Board.
Jul 24, 2019