Y Combinator is a famous Silicon Valley startup accelerator where Airbnb, Coinbase and Reddit all got their start. This startup school has backed companies now valued at $600 billion. Emily Chang met with Y Combinator CEO and President Garry Tan to discuss his roots as a founder who went through Y Combinator himself, to his return as the accelerator’s current CEO. They discuss what it takes to be a great founder, the Silicon Valley Bank crisis, how Mr. Beast schooled Tan on his content creating, and the fate of San Francisco.
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"what are YOU doing to make – change – the ratio" is such a ridiculous question. i might get up and leave if i'm Garry, bc this person demonstrates their total ignorance of what SF and tech and innovation is. You don't force innovation into the heart of a person – the person has a heart of innovation or they do not.
i was blown away by my time in SF last week.
All bluff. In 10 minutes nobody could but this simply sells. Ycombinator has missed so many startups but they pretend they'd find within 10 minutes. Having said this, Y-combinator is a boon for startups and founders. If one is lucky enough to get selected, then learning and leverage is going to be unlimited.
Great interview, really but why did he evade the "elitist" question?
its a problem that women dont want to start companies for YC? no. Thats a preference.
I'd like to point out that Ycombinator is mainly men, its like 10%-15% women and like 10% people of color. Not sure why it's like that tbh. My co-founder is both and we weren't accepted.. like most things in Silicon Valley, you probably have to know someone to refer you which creates a small wealth circle.
why caption is German?)
Thank you Emily and thank you Gary
I feel fomo to not live in San Francisco
She's 44. At some point, she need to realize that she aint 25