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What Happens When Everyone Can Build SoftwareSupabase has become one of the default backends for the AI coding era. The open source Postgres platform now has 13 million users, spins up more than a million databases every… -
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#89 - Geoff Ralston and Adora Cheung Discuss Startup SchoolGeoff Ralston and Adora Cheung are both partners at YC. This episode is about Startup School . It’s a free, online course we’re offering that starts on August 28th. We’re also…
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- #159 - YC Founder Firesides: Gusto on building for new verticals
- #158 - Same, Same but Different with Vanta and Zapier
- #157 - Diego Saez Gil
- #156 - Amber Atherton and Iba Masood
- #155 - Laks Srini
- #154 - Matt Cutts
- #153 - Cory Doctorow and Joe Betts-LaCroix
- #152 - Startup School Week 11 Recap - Geoff Ralston's Parting Advice
- #151 - Startup School Week 10 Recap - Ali Rowghani on How to Lead and Kevin Hale and Adora Cheung on Startup School 2019 by the Numbers
- #150 - Startup School Week 9 Recap - Carolynn Levy on Modern Startup Financing and Jared Friedman’s Advice for Hard-tech and Biotech Founders
- #149 - Startup School Week 8 Recap - Adora Cheung on Prioritizing Your Time and Kevin Hale on Evaluating Startup Ideas
- #148 - Startup School Week 7 Recap - Kevin Hale on Conversion Rates and Pricing
- #147 - Startup School Week 6 Recap - Tim Brady on Culture and Dalton Caldwell on Pivoting
- #146 - Startup School Week 5 Recap - Kirsty Nathoo and Kevin Hale
- #145 - Startup School Week 4 Recap - Kat Mañalac and Gustaf Alströmer
- #144 - Startup School Week 3 Recap - Anu Hariharan and Adora Cheung
- #143 - Startup School Week 2 Recap: Michael Seibel, Adora Cheung, and Ilya Volodarsky
- #142 - Startup School Week 1 Recap: Kevin Hale and Eric Migicovsky
- #141 - Diana Hu
- #140 - Aaron Harris on Fundraising and Meeting with Investors
- #139 - Jay Reno
- #137 - Startup School Podcast Preview with Kevin Hale
- #136 - Anu Hariharan on Managing a Board
- #135 - Camille Fournier
- #134 - Sarah Nahm and Holly Liu
- #133 - Updates for Startup School 2019 and Office Hours with Kevin Hale
- #132 - Dan Hockenmaier and Gustaf Alströmer
- #131 - Jeremy Rossman
- #130 - Tracy Young and Kat Manalac
- #129 - Simone Giertz
- #128 - Michael Babineau and Kevin Hale
- #127 - Vidit Aatrey and Adora Cheung
- #126 - Chris Best and Jonathan Gill
- #125 - Brian Halligan and Kevin Hale
- #124 - Jarvis Johnson
- #123 - Harry Zhang and Kevin Hale
- #122 - Max Rhodes and Anu Hariharan
- #121 - David Lieb and Gustaf Alströmer
- #119 - Amy Buechler and Michael Seibel
- #117 - Craig Cannon and Adora Cheung
- #116 - Domonique Fines and Cadran Cowansage
- #115 - Mike Knoop and Kevin Hale
- #114 - Karn Saroya
- #113 - Caterina Fake and Kat Manalac
- #112 - Ryan Hoover and Dalton Caldwell
- #111 - Jake Klamka and Kevin Hale
- #110 - Avni Patel Thompson and Kat Manalac
- #109 - Samantha Bradshaw
- #108 - Cindy Mi and Qi Lu
- #107 - Vinod Khosla and Sam Altman
- #106 - Frank Lantz
- #105 - Reham Fagiri and Kalam Dennis
- #104 - Leonard Susskind
- #103 - Michael Seibel
- #102 - Andrew Kortina
- #101 - Brian Donohue
- #100 - Sam Altman
- #99 - Laura Deming
- #98 - Shola Akinlade
- #97 - David Hua and Vincent Ning
- #96 - Mathilde Collin
- #95 - Eli Schwartz
- #94 - Joan Lasenby
- #93 - Peter Reinhardt
- #91 - David Zeevi
- #90 - Jessica Brillhart
- #88 - Office Hours with Michael Seibel
- #87 - Elad Gil
- #86 - Jocko Willink and Mike Sarraille
- #85 - YC Partner AMA at the Female Founders Conference
- #84 - João Batalha and Luís Batalha
- #83 - Scott Aaronson
- #82 - Henrique Dubugras of Brex and Anu Hariharan
- #81 - Announcing Work at a Startup
- #80 - Office Hours with Adora Cheung
- #79 - Liz Wessel
- #78 - Simon Benjamin
- #77 - John Preskill
- #76 - Carola Schönlieb
- #75 - Sean Mitchell
- #74 - Linda Xie and Avichal Garg
- #73 - Patrick Moberg and Holly Liu
- #72 - Miles Brundage and Tim Hwang
- #71 - Claire McDonnell and Jennifer Kim on Building an Inclusive Company Culture
- #70 - CoinList Cofounder Andy Bromberg and Ramon Recuero
- #69 - Anne Wojcicki of 23andMe and Sam Altman
- #68 - Cost vs Quality in Edtech - Keith Schacht, Avichal Garg, and Geoff Ralston
- #67 - 3D Home Printing for the Developing World - Alexandria Lafci and Brett Hagler of New Story Charity
- #66 - Breaking Down HackerRank's Survey of 40,000 Developers with Vivek Ravisankar
- #65 - Funding Is an Outcome of Building a Good Business - Porter Braswell of Jopwell
- #64 - Researching Psilocybin's Effects on Depression - Dr. Rosalind Watts
- #63 - The Number One Goal is Getting Started - Avni Patel Thompson of Poppy
- #62 - Dan Lewis, CEO of Convoy, on the Future of Freight
- #61 - Sam Altman on Masters of Scale
- #60 - Startup Investor School Preview with Geoff Ralston
- #59 - Providing Fair Financial Products for the 56% of the US Without Access to Them - Jake Rosenberg of LendUp
- #58 - It's Surprising How Much Small Teams Can Get Done - Sam Chaudhary of ClassDojo
- #57 - Alex Blumberg of Gimlet Media
- #56 - Leah Culver of Breaker and Tom Sparks of YC Answer Your Questions About Security and Podcasting
- #55 - Tim Urban of Wait but Why
- #54 - Growth Office Hours: Round 2
- #53 - Be Wary of Solving a Small, Rare Problem - Des Traynor of Intercom
- #52 - Making Physical Retail as Easy as Opening an Online Store - Ali Kriegsman and Alana Branston of Bulletin
- #51 - There's an Art to Getting Brilliant People to Surprise Themselves - Kevin Slavin of the Shed
- #50 - Growth Office Hours with Anu Hariharan and Gustaf Alstromer
- #49 - Microbes, Robots, and Ambition - Robin Sloan on His Novel Sourdough
- #48 - The Future of Bike Sharing with Ofo Cofounder Yanqi Zhang and Anu Hariharan
- #47 - Baidu's COO, Qi Lu Discusses AI with Daniel Gross
- #46 - Tencent's Chief eXploration Officer, David Wallerstein on WeChat, QQ, and Gaming
- #45 - Building Dota Bots That Beat Pros - OpenAI's Greg Brockman, Szymon Sidor, and Sam Altman
- #44 - Cindy Mi on Building VIPKID, the World's Largest English Learning Platform for Children
- #43 - Casey Neistat and Matt Hackett on Live Video's Struggle for Interestingness
- #42 - Robotics and 3D Printing with Voodoo Manufacturing
- #41 - Experiments in Art and Technology with Artforum Editor Michelle Kuo
- #40 - Content Marketing Tips from Experts at First Round Capital and Andreessen Horowitz
- #39 - Mr. Robot's Technical Producer and Writer - Kor Adana
- #38 - The More You Communicate with Users, the Higher Chance You'll Build Something They Want - Ryan Hoover of Product Hunt
- #36 - Your Whole Goal Is to Not Quit - Courtland Allen of Indie Hackers
- #35 - The Technical Challenges of Measuring Gravitational Waves - Rana Adhikari of LIGO
- #34 - Elizabeth Iorns on Biotech Companies in YC
- #32 - Hosain Rahman on The "Defibrillator Experiences" of Jawbone
- #31 - Spotting Ecommerce Trends in Shipping Data – Laura Behrens Wu
- #30 - Artist Lauren McCarthy Will Be Your Home's Brain
- #29 - Jack Dorsey on the Books That Helped Him Succeed
- #28 - Prerequisites for Starting a Company - Phil Libin
- #27 - The CEO Who Pays Employees to De-Locate From the Bay
- #26 - Founders of Science Exchange, Goldbely, and the Flex Company Discuss Fundraising
- #25 - Baidu's AI Lab Director on Advancing Speech Recognition and Simulation
- #24 - Padmasree Warrior on Designing Autonomous Vehicles - With Anu Hariharan at the Female Founders Conference
- #23 - VMware Cofounder Diane Greene with Jessica Livingston at the Female Founders Conference
- #22 - Morgan DeBaun on Reaching 20M Millennials - With Kat Manalac at the Female Founders Conference
- #21 - Emily Weiss on the Insights That Grew Glossier - With Amy Buechler at the Female Founders Conference
- #20 - Making Music and Art Through Machine Learning - Doug Eck of Magenta
- #19 - Blockchain Investing - Olaf Carlson-Wee and Aaron Harris
- #18 - Q&A with YC Partners at the Female Founders Conference
- #17 - Aileen Lee and Kirsty Nathoo at the Female Founders Conference
- #16 - Mark Zuckerberg on How to Build the Future
- #15 - IPFS, CoinList, and the Filecoin ICO - Juan Benet and Dalton Caldwell
- #14 - Ex Machina's Scientific Advisor - Murray Shanahan
- #13 - Scaling Growth - Gustaf Alstromer, Ed Baker, and Josh Elman
- #12 - How Should Business Schools Prepare Students for Startups? - Jeff Bussgang and Michael Seibel
- #11 - at the Intersection of AI, Governments, and Google - Tim Hwang
- #10 - Office Hours with Ali Rowghani
- #9 - Sam Altman and Reid Hoffman - From Startup to Scaleup
- #8 - Rick and Morty Writer - Ryan Ridley
- #7 - Jessica Livingston on How to Build the Future
- #6 - Office Hours with Kat Manalac
- #5 - An AI Primer with Wojciech Zaremba
- #4 - Elon Musk on How to Build the Future
- #3 - The Technical Advisor for Silicon Valley on HBO - Ed McManus
- #2 - Network Effects with Anu Hariharan
- #1 - Hiring Engineers with Ammon Bartram
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