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Saving Your Startup During an Economic Downturn

Saving Your Startup During an Economic Downturn

Y Combinator Startup Podcast
Jul 21, 2022 36 min
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<p>Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel discuss Paul Graham's essay "Default Alive or Default Dead." They share strategies to cut your company's burn rate and keep your startup alive to see another day. &nbsp;&nbsp;<br> <br> Paul Graham's essay: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbGpNRGd5aXBTcDZvQlRJbXZPLUdjTGlvQlZOQXxBQ3Jtc0ttLWVuZ0Jzc2lMa2J4SnJHbFFEc0hQeWx0NUVHYzVrVGR6OFNLNXpkbEVaaVN6aVBpQTJMdFJrbFVHU2Nta05Bb1BDYUxGbU5yWWFkYmowOG5QS2RmWGVpdlJybjl1OVA0WXdsMDVyakdoUWRyeXI0Yw&amp;q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.paulgraham.com%2Faord.html&amp;v=0OVSTWozvfY" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.paulgraham.com/aord.html</a> &nbsp;<br> Trevor Blackwell's startup growth calculator: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbUFkSExPS0hRSXJpRXdPR1N3dGNuS2lHNHB0QXxBQ3Jtc0trMGRvdHYyd1VqMl9rTGNvX0psY2dGTjlBZlY2X0cxNzZFRnNlQVpFLW5UakJhQlF5VE1hRDc5ZWpIOG5fd1FFTkgxa0loZmZpZk83MlJZMEtBd3lRRlRtd2JkM0xtZU5jcnRHUm1NdWRwblItUTJ4Yw&amp;q=http%3A%2F%2Fgrowth.tlb.org%2F&amp;v=0OVSTWozvfY" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://growth.tlb.org</a> &nbsp;<br> Apply to Y Combinator: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqa1NKRGFFMUNheHZMbzVRTUtaNnNKVF9CZjMtd3xBQ3Jtc0tuXzAzd3JicDMzX1JPdDlGUGFpMzl2cEtwWjZHVVVFaHc2ekpfNmZOdXpFVDA3X1ZtTjlyZ0VLNEEycVVUc01vYm8xLUktOGNKS0dFRjhvTUE5SDdkUXdYd0h5TVBNY2FyeHYwNUUwcUFIVVpiSE1ucw&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ycombinator.com%2Fapply%2F&amp;v=0OVSTWozvfY" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.ycombinator.com/apply/</a> &nbsp;<br> Work at a startup: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbEk2TEdfY1dqTVg4ZEJwSXJzLVNxWGRBVHlaQXxBQ3Jtc0ttTlhKZmFUUDFWRjhSeG5OWlIzbzJEYU9WSVZuVGdlNjRhckVJZFFuQUUzVWp6cWNPQkVlTDBCR1NlN05UelE2V281Vm1kZ0NQbUFabktGeWRIbUNZS3g4RmxMaHBMSHNfZU9FWmx6T3NYS0w4bVBvTQ&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ycombinator.com%2Fjobs&amp;v=0OVSTWozvfY" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.ycombinator.com/jobs</a></p>

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