Y Combinator Startup Podcast

#40 - Content Marketing Tips from Experts at First Round Capital and Andreessen Horowitz

<p><a href="https://twitter.com/camillericketts">Camille Ricketts</a> is the Head of Content and Marketing at First Round Capital.<br><br><a href="https://twitter.com/smc90">Sonal Chokshi</a> is an Editorial Partner at Andreessen Horowitz.</p>

#39 - Mr. Robot's Technical Producer and Writer - Kor Adana

<p><a href="http://twitter.com/koradana">Kor Adana</a> is a writer and technical producer on Mr. Robot.<br><br>Mr. Robot season three <a href="http://www.usanetwork.com/mrrobot" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">premieres tonight</a>.</p>

#38 - The More You Communicate with Users, the Higher Chance You'll Build Something They Want - Ryan Hoover of Product Hunt

<p><a href="https://twitter.com/rrhoover">Ryan Hoover</a> is the founder of <a href="https://www.producthunt.com/">Product Hunt</a>.</p><p>Get a 10% discount on Ship pro plans by <a href="https://www.producthunt.com/ship?promo=YCFRIENDS">using this link</a>.</p>

#37 - Don't Start a Blog, Start a Cult - Mr. Money Mustache

<p>Pete Adeney, more commonly known as&nbsp;<a href="https://www.mrmoneymustache.com/">Mr. Money Mustache</a>, retired at 30 after working as a software engineer for about ten years.<br><br>He blogs at&nbsp;<a href="https://www.mrmoneymustache.com/" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">MrMoneyMustache.com</a> about how he saved money, where he invested it, and how he achieved "financial freedom through badassity".<br><br>You can apply to the W18 batch of YC here -&nbsp;<a href="http://ycombinator.com/apply">ycombinator.com/apply</a></p>

#36 - Your Whole Goal Is to Not Quit - Courtland Allen of Indie Hackers

<p><a href="https://twitter.com/csallen">Courtland Allen</a> is the founder of <a href="https://www.indiehackers.com/">Indie Hackers</a>, a place where the founders of profitable businesses and side projects can share their stories transparently, and where entrepreneurs can come to read and learn from those examples.</p><p>Check out the <a href="https://www.indiehackers.com/podcast">Indie Hackers podcast here</a>.<br></p>

#35 - The Technical Challenges of Measuring Gravitational Waves - Rana Adhikari of LIGO

<p><a href="https://twitter.com/RanaXAdhikari">Rana Adhikari</a> is a Professor of Physics at Caltech and a member of the LIGO team, who were the first to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_observation_of_gravitational_waves">measure gravitational waves</a>.<br><br>Their <a href="https://www.ligo.caltech.edu/page/detection-companion-papers">detection papers are available here</a>.</p>

#34 - Elizabeth Iorns on Biotech Companies in YC

<p><a href="https://twitter.com/elizabethiorns" target="_blank">Elizabeth Iorns</a> is cofounder and CEO of Science Exchange.<br><br>Here's info on the <a href=" http://blog.ycombinator.com/y-combinator-fall-tour-2017/" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">YC Fall Tour</a>.<br><br><a href="http://www.ycombinator.com/apply/" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Apply to the Winter 2018 batch</a>.</p>

#33 - The Challenges a Repeat Founder Faces

<p><a href="https://twitter.com/tikhon">Tikhon Bernstam</a> cofounded Scribd (YC S06) and Parse (YC S11).</p><p><a href="http://blog.ycombinator.com/the-challenges-a-repeat-founder-faces">Read the transcript here</a>.</p>

#32 - Hosain Rahman on The "Defibrillator Experiences" of Jawbone

<p><a href="https://twitter.com/hosain">Hosain Rahman</a> is the CEO and Founder of Jawbone. <a href="https://twitter.com/jesslivingston">Jessica Livingston</a> is a cofounder of YC.</p><p>Jessica interviewed Hosain during our 2014 Startup School and this is the recording of their conversation. If you'd like to check out our 2016 Startup School videos they're in <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQ-uHSnFig5NUadFuTNjcpHsWUVBueHSh">a playlist here</a>.<br></p><p><br></p>

#31 - Spotting Ecommerce Trends in Shipping Data – Laura Behrens Wu

<p><a href="https://twitter.com/LauraBehrensWu">Laura Behrens Wu</a> is the CEO and cofounder of <a href="https://goshippo.com/">Shippo</a>.</p><p><a href="http://blog.ycombinator.com/">Read the transcript here</a>.</p>

#30 - Artist Lauren McCarthy Will Be Your Home's Brain

<p><a href="https://twitter.com/laurmccarthy">Lauren McCarthy</a> is an artist and assistant professor at UCLA.<br><br>Her latest project LAUREN, is a human intelligent smart home. Lauren will visit your home, deploy a series of smart devices, and watch over you remotely 24/7. Learn more here - <a href="http://get-lauren.com">http://get-lauren.com</a></p>

#29 - Jack Dorsey On The Books That Helped Him Succeed

<p><a href="https://twitter.com/jack">Jack Dorsey</a> is the CEO of Twitter and Square. This is his talk from Startup School 2013.<br></p><p><a href="http://blog.ycombinator.com/jack-dorsey-on-the-books-that-helped-him-succeed">Read the transcript here</a>.</p>

#28 - Prerequisites for Starting a Company - Phil Libin

<p><a href="https://twitter.com/plibin">Phil Libin</a> is the cofounder and CEO of All Turtles. Prior to that he was the CEO of Evernote. This is his 2013 Startup School talk.</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/KEy_ocXnrdY">Watch the video here</a>.</p><p><a href="http://blog.ycombinator.com/prerequisites-for-starting-a-company-phil-libin">Read the transcript here</a>.</p>

#27 - The CEO Who Pays Employees to De-Locate From the Bay

<p><a href="https://twitter.com/wadefoster">Wade Foster</a> is the CEO of <a href="https://zapier.com/">Zapier</a> (YC S12).</p><p>Read <a href="http://blog.ycombinator.com/the-ceo-who-pays-employees-to-de-locate-from-the-bay">the transcript and their de-location post here</a>.</p>

#26 - Founders of Science Exchange, Goldbely, and The Flex Company Discuss Fundraising

<p>During the Female Founders Conference <a href="http://twitter.com/katmanalac">Kat Manalac</a> invited three YC founders on stage to share their experiences of fundraising. The founders are <a href="https://twitter.com/elizabethiorns">Elizabeth Iorns</a> of Science Exchange,&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/imabadidea">Vanessa Torrivilla</a> of Goldbely, and <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/erika-jensen-06598260/">Erica Jensen</a> of The Flex Company.<br><br></p>

#25 - Baidu's AI Lab Director on Advancing Speech Recognition and Simulation

<p><a href="https://twitter.com/adampaulcoates">Adam Coates</a> is the Director of Baidu's <a href="http://research.baidu.com">Silicon Valley AI Lab</a>.</p><p>Read the transcript <a href="http://blog.ycombinator.com/baidus-ai-lab-director-on-advancing-speech-recognition-and-simulation">here</a>.<br></p>

#24 - Padmasree Warrior on Designing Autonomous Vehicles - With Anu Hariharan at the Female Founders Conference

<p><a href="https://twitter.com/Padmasree" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Padmasree Warrior</a> is the CEO of <a href="http://www.nio.io/" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">NIO</a>.<br><br><a href="https://twitter.com/anuhariharan">Anu Hariharan</a> is a Partner at YC Continuity.</p>

#23 - VMware Cofounder Diane Greene with Jessica Livingston at the Female Founders Conference

<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diane_Greene">Diane Greene</a> is SVP of Google Cloud and she was also the CEO and cofounder of VMware.</p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/jesslivingston">Jessica Livingston</a> is cofounder of YC.</p>

#22 - Morgan DeBaun on Reaching 20M Millennials - With Kat Manalac at the Female Founders Conference

<p><a href="https://twitter.com/morgandebaun">Morgan DeBaun</a> is the founder and CEO of <a href="https://blavity.com/">Blavity</a>.<br><br><a href="https://twitter.com/katmanalac">Kat Manalac</a> is a Partner at YC.<br></p>

#21 - Emily Weiss on the Insights That Grew Glossier - With Amy Buechler at the Female Founders Conference

<p><a href="https://twitter.com/emilywweiss">Emily Weiss</a> is the founder and CEO of <a href="https://www.glossier.com/">Glossier</a>.</p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/amybue">Amy Buechler</a>&nbsp;is Batch Director at YC.<br></p><p>Video and transcript are <a href="http://blog.ycombinator.com/emily-weiss-on-the-insights-that-grew-glossier-with-amy-buechler-at-the-female-founders-conference">on the YC blog</a>.</p>

#20 - Making Music and Art Through Machine Learning - Doug Eck of Magenta

<p><a href="https://twitter.com/douglas_eck">Doug Eck</a> is a research scientist at Google and he’s working on Magenta, a project making music and art through machine learning.</p><p>If you want to learn more you can check out <a href="https://magenta.tensorflow.org/">Magenta.Tensorflow.org</a><br><br></p>

#19 - Blockchain Investing - Olaf Carlson-Wee and Aaron Harris

<p>Olaf Carlson-Wee is the founder and CEO of <a href="http://polychain.capital/">Polychain Capital</a>.</p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/harris" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Aaron Harris</a> is a Partner at YC.<br></p>

#18 - Q&A with YC Partners at the Female Founders Conference

<p>This Q&amp;A was recorded at our fourth annual Female Founders Conference.</p><p><br>Partners: <a href="https://twitter.com/KatManalac">Kat Manalac</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/jesslivingston">Jessica Livingston</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/nolimits">Adora Cheung</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/anuhariharan">Anu Hariharan</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/cjoneslevy">Carolynn Levy</a>, and Kirsty Nathoo.<br></p>

#17 - Aileen Lee and Kirsty Nathoo at the Female Founders Conference

<p><a href="https://twitter.com/aileenlee">Aileen Lee</a> is the founder of Cowboy Ventures.</p><p>Kirsty Nathoo is CFO and a Partner at Y Combinator.<br></p>

#16 - Mark Zuckerberg on How to Build the Future

<p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/zuck">Mark Zuckerberg</a> is the cofounder of Facebook.</p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/sama">Sam Altman</a> is the president of YC Group and he interviewed Mark for a series called How To Build The Future, which you can watch on <a href="http://youtube.com/ycombinator">YC’s YouTube channel</a>.</p>

#15 - IPFS, CoinList, and the Filecoin ICO - Juan Benet and Dalton Caldwell

<p><a href="https://twitter.com/juanbenet">Juan Benet</a> is the founder of Protocol Labs (YC S14). They're working on IPFS, Filecoin, and Coinlist.<br> </p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/daltonc">Dalton Caldwell</a> is a Partner at YC.</p>

#14 - Ex Machina's Scientific Advisor - Murray Shanahan

<p><a href="https://twitter.com/mpshanahan">Murray Shanahan</a> was one of the scientific advisors on Ex Machina. </p><p>He's also a Research Scientist at DeepMind and professor of Cognitive Robotics at Imperial College London.</p><p>His book&nbsp;<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Embodiment-inner-life-Cognition-Consciousness/dp/0199226555" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Embodiment and the Inner Life</a> served as inspiration for Alex Garland while he was writing the screenplay for Ex Machina.</p>

#13 - Scaling Growth - Gustaf Alstromer, Ed Baker, and Josh Elman

<p><a href="https://twitter.com/gustaf">Gustaf Alstromer</a> is a YC Partner and prior to YC he worked on growth at Airbnb.</p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/esbaker">Ed Baker</a> worked on growth at Uber and Facebook.</p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/joshelman">Josh Elman</a> is a partner at Greylock.<br></p><p>The conversation was recorded at The Scaleup Offsite, a private event hosted by Y Combinator Continuity and Greylock Partners in April 2017.<br><br></p><p> <br><br></p>

#12 - How Should Business Schools Prepare Students for Startups? - Jeff Bussgang and Michael Seibel

<p><a href="https://twitter.com/bussgang">Jeff Bussgang</a> is a lecturer at Harvard Business School and General Partner at Flybridge Capital Partners.</p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/mwseibel">Michael Seibel</a> is CEO of YC.</p>

#11 - At The Intersection of AI, Governments, and Google - Tim Hwang

<p><a href="https://twitter.com/timhwang">Tim Hwang</a> is the Global Public Policy Lead on AI and Machine Learning for Google.<br></p><p><a href="http://blog.ycombinator.com/at-the-intersection-of-ai-governments-and-google-tim-hwang">Read the transcript</a> on our blog.</p>