Michael Seibel
Partner at YC and Managing Director of YC Early Stage @ycombinator michael@ycombinator.com
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Thank you to all the investors who are investing in the YC w23 batch. After working with over 800 YC companies over the past 10 years I also wanted to offer 1 piece of advice.
Whatβs funny about this startup game is just when people think theyβve figured things out, the game changes. The winners of the past just want everything to stay the same but that...
Beware of those who over-embrace secrecy within a startup. Keeping users' secrets is good. Keeping employee secrets is also good. When keeping organizational secrets you should alw...
A lot of startups ask me for feedback on their startup idea. Most of the time I am not an expert in their field nor a potential user.
Iβve learned a lot about giving advice over the past 5 years at YC (still more to learn). When I started I had a very formulaic / tactical view of how startups succeed. Over time...