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#60 - Startup Investor School Preview with Geoff Ralston
Geoff Ralston is a Partner at YC and before that he cofounded Imagine K12.
This 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.
The YC podcast is hosted by Craig Cannon.
#59 - Providing Fair Financial Products for the 56% of the US Without Access to Them - Jake Rosenberg of LendUp
Jake 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.
Ali Rowghani is the CEO of YC Continuity.
Read the transcript on our blog.
#58 - It's Surprising How Much Small Teams Can Get Done - Sam Chaudhary of ClassDojo
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.
The YC podcast is hosted by Craig Cannon.
#57 - Alex Blumberg of Gimlet Media
Alex Blumberg is the cofounder of Gimlet Media. Gimlet makes several podcasts you’ve probably heard of–StartUp, The Pitch, and Reply All are a few.
Before Gimlet Alex worked on This American Life and Planet Money.
The YC podcast is hosted by Craig Cannon.
#56 - Leah Culver of Breaker and Tom Sparks of YC Answer Your Questions About Security and Podcasting
Leah Culver is cofounder and CTO of Breaker, which is a social podcast listening and discovery app. They went through YC in the Winter 2017 batch. Leah’s also an author of both the OAuth and oEmbed API specifications.
Tom Sparks is an engineer on the YC Software team. He also cofounded Cryptoseal which went through YC in the Summer 2011 batch and was acquired by CloudFlare in 2014.
The YC podcast is hosted by Craig Cannon.
#55 - Tim Urban of Wait But Why
Tim Urban cofounded the blog Wait But Why with Andrew Finn in 2013.
His posts about Artificial Intelligence, Elon Musk, and the Fermi Paradox have been read millions of times.
We discussed Tim's research strategy, the purpose of Wait But Why, and his thoughts on technologies including cryptocurrencies, A.I., and AR/VR.
#54 - Growth Office Hours: Round 2
Anu Hariharan and Gustaf Alstromer are partners at YC.
This episode is a follow-up to Anu's Growth Guide and the first Growth Office Hours.
The YC podcast is hosted by Craig Cannon.
#53 - Be Wary of Solving a Small, Rare Problem - Des Traynor of Intercom
Des Traynor is the cofounder of Intercom.
Here's his talk Product Strategy Means Saying No and the blog post.
#52 - Making Physical Retail as Easy as Opening an Online Store - Ali Kriegsman and Alana Branston of Bulletin
Ali Kriegsman and Alana Branston are the founders of Bulletin.
Bulletin is a platform that allows brands to share the cost of a physical store.
They currently have two locations, one in SoHo and one in Williamsburg and there are more to come.
Ali and Alana went through YC Fellowship and then the winter 2017 batch.
The YC podcast is hosted by Craig Cannon.
#51 - There's an Art to Getting Brilliant People to Surprise Themselves - Kevin Slavin of The Shed
Kevin Slavin is the Chief Science and Technology Officer of The Shed, which is an art center in New York that’s opening in 2019.
Before The Shed, Kevin founded the Playful Systems group at MIT's Media Lab.
He also gave a TED talk in 2011 called How Algorithms Shape Our World.
The YC podcast is hosted by Craig Cannon.