YC Partner Gustaf Alströmer on how much money to spend after fundraising.
Oct 18, 2019YC Partner and Head of Admissions Dalton Caldwell on consuming tech media and being careful to choose things that encourage you to do more.
Oct 11, 2019Y 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, 2019