Why Was Y Combinator Successful At Funding An Unusually Large Number Of Startups

Y Combinator standardized a traditionally slow and tedious process by applying batch processing and technology.

While a traditional venture firm was able to invest in ~2 companies per year, per partner, Y Combinator was able to fund dozens of companies, twice a year.

EconTalk Archives, 2009 · Graham on Start-ups, Innovation, and Creativity · at 3:21 · September 2nd, 2019 ·Transcript

On this episode

Who Is Paul Graham at 0:42
What Is Y Combinator at 1:00
How Successful Was Y Combinator Aiming To Become at 2:35
Why Was Y Combinator Successful At Funding An Unusually Large Number Of Startups at 3:21
How Does Y Combinator Use Software To Screen Applicants at 5:03
What Happens At A Y Combinator Interview at 6:24
How Successful Was The Very First Batch Of Y Combinator at 7:55
Why Are We Seeing Growing Number Of Startups at 11:20
Why Do Angels Make Better Early Investors Than Venture Capitalists at 16:27
When Should You Launch Your Startup at 22:21
Who Should Be Startup's Early Users at 23:19
When Does Y Combinator End at 26:22
Did The Recession Have Any Impact On The Y Combinator Deal Flow at 29:49
What Are The Similarities Between Hackers And Painters at 41:16
In Which Ways Should Founders Be More Like Artists at 42:50
What Makes For A Great Hacker at 45:30
What Is One Problem That Every Hacker Struggles With at 48:50
What Was Paul Graham's View On Facebook And Twitter In 2009 at 52:23
What Is The Best Economic Policy For The United States at 56:03
What Is The Best Way To Survive High-school at 57:51