YC Founder Stories
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Building a startup during COVID, selling a business, and marketing yourself: Ish Baid (Virtually, YC S20)
06 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is Ish Baid from Virtually (YC S20), which was the first ever "Student Relationship Manager" for online schools to bridge the gap betw...
Building a life-changing startup, making your own marketing, and rejection + conviction: Kathryn Cross (Anja Health, YC W22)
06 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is Kathryn Cross from Anja Health (YC W22), which reimagines cord blood banking.Kathryn previously founded Bridge Strategy, a manageme...
Arjun Mahadevan(doola, YC S20) - Building in a high-competition space, building in public, and educating customers!
03 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is Arjun Mahadevan from doola (YC S20), a “Business-in-a-Box” for creators. Mahadevan previously worked at Dropbox as a Product Ma...
Gonzalo Espinoza Graham (Double, YC W23) - Building robots, seeing the future, and leveraging AI
13 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is Gonzalo Espinoza Graham from Double (YC W23), a tool that makes it easy for sales teams to answer very specific questions about the...
Neil Thanedar (Labdoor, YCW15) - When to take VC, the newest types of businesses, and 0 to 1 accelerators
23 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is Neil Thanedar from Labdoor (YC W15), a marketplace where consumers research, find, and buy the best supplements.Neil’s previous c...
Chris Frantz (Loops W22) - Unscalable marketing, unique outreach, fun onboarding: How Loops succeeded within Y Combinator!
16 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s guest is Chris Frantz of Loops, a simple and beautiful email-sending platform for SaaS companies. Chris’s previous companies include the r...