01.

What It Was Like Doing Y Combinator a Second Time

Nate Matherson went through Y Combinator back in 2016 and he just did it again going through the S21 batch. Here's what ...
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Nate Matherson
08 Nov 2023   5 min read   Funding
02.

How to get into Y Combinator according to the founders that did get in

The candid guide to getting into Y Combinator fueled by the personal accounts of a dozen founders that have successfully...
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Foti Panagiotakopoulos
16 Mar 2021   15 min read   Funding
03.

Itay Forer of Cleanly shares his Y Combinator Journey

Itay shared with us what are the biggest advantages of Y Combinator, how to apply and what to expect once you join. Here...
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Foti Panagiotakopoulos
15 Mar 2021   9 min read   Funding
04.

Pedro Goes of InEvent shares his Y Combinator Journey

Pedro shared with us what are the biggest advantages of Y Combinator, how to apply and what to expect once you join. Her...
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Foti Panagiotakopoulos
15 Mar 2021   8 min read   Funding
05.

Ryan Chan the founder of UpKeep shares his Y Combinator Journey

Ryan shared with us what are the biggest advantages of Y Combinator, how to apply and what to expect once you join. Here...
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Foti Panagiotakopoulos
09 Sep 2019   9 min read   Funding
06.

The story of when 8 x Co-Founders flew from Denmark to San Francisco for Y Combinator

What started as an internal tool to help a Professor save time grading his University students, quickly escalated into a...
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Foti Panagiotakopoulos
09 Sep 2019   14 min read   Funding
07.

How 4 Swedes got their SaaS accepted into Y Combinator while still at $0 MRR

When Samir Smajic and his 3 fellow co-founders applied to Y Combinator one week before the deadline didn't have a single...
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Foti Panagiotakopoulos
09 Sep 2019   10 min read   Funding
08.

The story of how two college friends joined forces to disrupt an industry with Iris Automation

How can manned aircraft and unmanned drones coexist safely in the same skies? It's this major problem that James Howard ...
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Foti Panagiotakopoulos
09 Sep 2019   11 min read   Funding
09.

The Story of How a Sofa Startup Got Into Y Combinator with Just a Pitch Deck

Learn how Stephen and Kabeer teamed together to disrupt the Sofa industry getting into Y Combinator with little more tha...
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Foti Panagiotakopoulos
09 Sep 2019   5 min read   Funding
10.

Katherine Nammacher Chronicles RideAlong’s Journey Into Y Combinator

If you're a woman in tech, having a brand like Y Combinator behind you can be a major accelerant. Especially if you're i...
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Foti Panagiotakopoulos
09 Sep 2019   8 min read   Funding
11.

Nicky Goulimis shares Nova Credit's Path to Y Combinator Acceptance and Beyond

Nicky Goulimis is the co-founder and COO of Nova Credit, a mission-driven startup that enables immigrants to transport t...
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Foti Panagiotakopoulos
09 Sep 2019   6 min read   Funding
12.

The True Story of How Orion Willow Got Lendsnap Accepted Into Y Combinator

Orion Willow is the founder and CEO of Lendsnap, the first digital mortgage consumer experience that imports original ba...
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Foti Panagiotakopoulos
09 Sep 2019   6 min read   Funding
13.

Rotem Yakir shares Guggy’s story of evolving from "just another Israeli Startup" to a YC startup

You don't have to be from silicon valley to get accepted into Y Combinator. In this interview we get to hear the story a...
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Foti Panagiotakopoulos
09 Sep 2019   5 min read   Funding
14.

Kyle Killion's story of getting Suiteness into Y Combinator along with tips on how to apply

Despite getting rejected more than a couple of times, Kyle Killion continued to apply to Y Combinator until he finally g...
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Foti Panagiotakopoulos
09 Sep 2019   7 min read   Funding
15.

How LendEDU Raised the Most Valuable Seed Round Imaginable with Y Combinator

When LendEDU Co-Founder Nate Matherson starting feeling the financial pains of high-growth, they knew they could totally...
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Foti Panagiotakopoulos
09 Sep 2019   6 min read   Funding
16.

From Wolf of Wall Street to a "Made Man" in Silicon Valley

In the early 1990s, Bronson was a partner at the infamous “Wolf of Wall Street” firm Stratton Oakmont (the subject of a ...
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Foti Panagiotakopoulos
09 Sep 2019   6 min read   Funding