8 yrs ago,
@garrytan
took a chance on me — a wide-eyed kid who knew nothing about startups — and gave me the opportunity of a lifetime
@Initialized
+
@ycombinator
.
I wouldn't be where I am without you, G.
So glad to have you back, inspiring the next generation of founders.
We made a huge mistake today and sent wrong emails to founders applying to
@startupschool
. But now we’re excited to welcome all 15,000+ companies to the next class!
And we’re back!
Register for
@startupschool
2018,
@ycombinator
's free online, 10-week course.
Plus, we're giving $10,000 in equity-free funding to promising companies that join and complete the course.
Congrats to all the founders who presented at
@ycombinator
Demo Day this week!
One of my favorite events every year. The energy is undefeated. It’s like a peek into the future 🔮
Was playing around with
@OpenAI
's ChatGPT last night and for one of the prompts, I asked it to write me a poem about
@ycombinator
🤯
I'm getting everyone poems for Christmas
happy 19th birthday,
@ycombinator
!
thank you
@jesslivingston
,
@paulg
,
@tlbtlbtlb
& rtm— forever grateful for what you've built and its impact on the world. i'm blessed to see the magic of yc every single day.
Today, we’re opening up registration for Startup School 2022, a live, online course where YC Group Partners and successful YC founders teach you how to build a billion-dollar company.
Class begins June 27th, and it’s free and open to everyone. Register at
It’s been a great experience working all the
@startupschool
founders. Excited to see what they make and the impact they’ll have on the world in the years to come 🙌🏼🙌🏼
Over the past year, we've funded 650+ startups from 40+ countries, welcomed two new public companies, resumed in-person batch events, and so much more.
YC's
@gralston
looks back at 2022 in our year in review — with an eye on the future:
@curvalish
@ArlanWasHere
Totally my fault! I messed up the list (including not catching the Canada - Waterloo) part when I made the image 😓
Here's the correct list of stops below. And we have a bigger event for HBCUs that we created a separate blog post for:
Disney just unveiled the first ever multi-person, omnidirectional, modular, expandable, treadmill floor — named the Holotile.
Here’s Lanny Smoot (who’s soon to be the first Imagineer inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame) demoing his latest invention:
@andruyeung
@chrishlad
I did the hard work and long hours in my 20s. Grateful for everything it brought me.
But I would without hesitation trade it all for more even just a little more time with my mom and my grandma while they were still here.
There’s more to life outside of work and career.
I am so excited to share that today Leap is spinning out of
@ycombinator
as
@joinelpha
. Check out the fantastic piece by
@ellenhuet
about what Elpha is all about:
And learn more about Elpha at
As YC founder
@paulg
wrote, “Bad shit is coming. It always is in a startup.”
If you’re interested in starting a startup, we’re entering a counterintuitively good time to do it. It won’t be easy, but if you get through the early days, you’ll be better prepared than most.
In an economic downturn, there are obvious downsides of starting a startup — but there are also powerful upsides; because to survive, you have to *actually* build something people want.
YC's Head of Admissions,
@stephaniersimon
, shares more:
When I first moved to SF ~10yrs ago, my 2 roommates and I lived at the edge of Chinatown in a 750sqft room.
We were all broke. We shared 1 bathroom.
But the late-night strolls to the pier, when the city was quiet, to watch the Bay Bridge lights together made it all worth it ❤️
@trynabuild
@mdnabilahsan
@ycombinator
@startupschool
This isn't an incubation program, just an online course with access to advice and community. It shouldn't take more than 3 hours a week.
Only reqs to complete the course are submitting weekly updates and attending the office hours. Lectures you can watch at your own pace.