YC Founder Stories
Covering exclusively YC founders, the show offers life-changing stories, tactical growth insights, fundraising advice, tips on how to get into @ycombinator, and more.
- Update frequency
- every 20 days
- Average duration
- 38 minutes
- Episodes
- 6
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2024
Building a startup during COVID, selling a business, and marketing yourself: Ish Baid (Virtually, YC S20)
Today’s guest is Ish Baid from Virtually (YC S20), which was the first ever "Student Relationship Manager" for online schools to bridge the gap between educators and students.
Ish previously worked at…
Building a life-changing startup, making your own marketing, and rejection + conviction: Kathryn Cross (Anja Health, YC W22)
Today’s guest is Kathryn Cross from Anja Health (YC W22), which reimagines cord blood banking.
Kathryn previously founded Bridge Strategy, a management consultancy helping early-stage businesses grow …
Arjun Mahadevan(doola, YC S20) - Building in a high-competition space, building in public, and educating customers!
Today’s guest is Arjun Mahadevan from doola (YC S20), a “Business-in-a-Box” for creators. Mahadevan previously worked at Dropbox as a Product Manager and started doola in 2020.
doola (formerly StartPa…
Gonzalo Espinoza Graham (Double, YC W23) - Building robots, seeing the future, and leveraging AI
Today’s guest is Gonzalo Espinoza Graham from Double (YC W23), a tool that makes it easy for sales teams to answer very specific questions about their prospects, the kind that ZoomInfo can't answer.
G…
Neil Thanedar (Labdoor, YCW15) - When to take VC, the newest types of businesses, and 0 to 1 accelerators
Today’s guest is Neil Thanedar from Labdoor (YC W15), a marketplace where consumers research, find, and buy the best supplements.
Neil’s previous companies include Avomeen (acq. 2016) and Air to All (…
Chris Frantz (Loops W22) - Unscalable marketing, unique outreach, fun onboarding: How Loops succeeded within Y Combinator!
Today’s guest is Chris Frantz of Loops, a simple and beautiful email-sending platform for SaaS companies. Chris’s previous companies include the recently sold Snazzy AI and he previously led marketin…