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YC S26 kicked off last week. 56 startups have already launched. Here are my top 3 so far, from robot maids to cheaper healthcare… Prescience Just this morning, my Christian health share emailed me. My discount for staying fit? Gone. Traditional insurance is even worse. Premiums through the roof, no…
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We all love to whine about YC valuations. But lately, YC has quietly become one of the best deals for investors… Getting More for Your Money When I was meeting YC companies 2-3 years ago, this is what the best ones looked like: Here’s what I’m seeing now in the…
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GitLab is a $5 billion company with over 50 million users. But in 2015, it was just a tiny startup. Today, I watched their original YC application video. It’s one of the best pre-seed pitches I’ve ever seen. Founder Sid Sijbrandij does an incredible job of selling himself. In less…
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+ Business, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Founders, GitLab, Investing, SF, Silicon Valley, Startups, Technology, Venture Capital, Y Combinator, YC+
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The best engineers won’t apply to your company. They already have jobs. But now,you can use AI to find them and bring them onboard. Perfectly messages ideal candidates using AI. It learns about their skills, then setsup interviews for you with the best engineers. Within 24 hours, you have 5-10…
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+ Artificial Intelligence, Engineering, Finance, HR, Investing, Recruiting, SF, Startups, Tech, Venture Capital, YC+
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“You have to meet these LedgerUp guys, they’re crushing it!” With an intro like that, I knew I had to take the meeting. I was chatting with a great YC founder, and he told me about his batchmates, Joseph and Bailey. He was super impressed with how their bookkeeping software…
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+ Accounting, AI, Bookkeeping, Business, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Founders, Investing, Money, SaaS, SF, Silicon Valley, Startups, Tech, Venture Capital, Y Combinator, YC+
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There are 247 startups in the YC S24 batch. You’re probably not going to meet them all. So how can you find the best ones? I look at every single startup, meet around 10-20% of them, and invest in perhaps one. Here’s how I do it… The Directory is Your…
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Last night, I scrolled through Amazon, entranced. You can buy a whole house for only $30,000! Some were as cheap as $15,000. But being Mr. Fancypants, I had my eyes on one for $72,000. I better hurry — there’s only 10 left in stock! 🙂 But as exciting as manufactured…
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+ Bay Area, Construction, Finance, Government, Housing, Money, New York City, Palo Alto, SF, Silicon Valley, YIMBY, Zoning+
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My heart just about jumped out of my chest when I saw this data. NYC now has more founders building than SF! Is It Real? This new data comes from Live Data Technologies. Their data is comprehensive, covering over 7,500 founders. It’s hard to know how meaningful this information is.…
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New York pulled neck and neck with the Bay Area as a startup hub in Q3. The Big Apple inked venture deals at a blistering pace, closing 403 to the Bay Area’s 515, according to a new report from Pitchbook. The Beast from the East Before COVID, running a startup…
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+ Bay Area, Finance, Investing, Money, New York, New York City, NYC, SF, Silicon Valley, Startups, Tech, Venture Capital+
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“YC valuations are ridiculous, waaaah!” Every Investor Ever Demo Day came again last week at Y Combinator, and prices were predictably high. But consider the work that goes into Demo Day… The Long Road to Demo Day Over 20,000 companies applied for YC’s Winter 2023 batch. 282 were selected, a…
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+ Entrepreneur, Finance, Investing, Money, SF, Silicon Valley, Startups, Venture Capital, Y Combinator+
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