Avni Patel Thompson is the founder and CEO of Poppy (YC W16). Poppy lets parents book the best caregivers with just a text.
Mar 2, 2018Dan Lewis is the CEO and Cofounder of Convoy. Convoy matches shippers with freight carriers, which helps the trucking industry run more efficiently because currently, over 40% of the trucks on the road are empty.
Feb 28, 2018Reid Hoffman interviews Sam Altman in this uncut interview from the Masters of Scale podcast.
Feb 23, 2018This episode covers Startup Investor School. Startup Investor School is a free, 4-day course designed to educate early stage investors interested in investing in startups. You can sign up at investor.startupschool.org.
Feb 7, 2018In the latest episode of Masters of Scale, Reid Hoffman’s podcast, Reid and Sam Altman discuss how people don’t stick with products they don’t love, all growth hacking eventually stops working, and stories from Y Combinator’s very first batch (Sam’s company was the very first to be accepted into Y Combinator).
Jan 31, 2018Jake Rosenberg is the cofounder and CTO of LendUp (W12). They provide access to quality credit cards and loans without hidden fees or debt traps. Their customers are the 56% of Americans that have what is described as a “subprime” credit score, meaning they can’t be approved for credit by most banks.
Sam Chaudhary is the cofounder and CEO of ClassDojo. They’ve raised $30M and have 30 employees. Karen Lien is an Edtech Principal here at YC.
Jan 24, 2018