Podcast
Jessica Livingston and Carolynn Levy are The Social Radars. Carolynn and Jessica have been working together to help thousands of startups at Y Combinator for almost 20 years. Come be a fly on the wall as they talk to some of the most successful founders in Silicon Valley about how they did it.
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Founder Mode: Jake Heller, Founder & CEO, Casetext
In this episode, Jake Heller talks about how he and his cofounder discovered the perfect product in a weekend of intense experimentation after GPT4 was released, and then changed the whole direction of the company. This was a classic case of founder mode, because Casetext was already 9 years old at that point and it was hard to convince everyone to change course.
Founder Mode: Garry Tan, President & CEO, Y Combinator
We spoke with YC president & CEO Garry Tan about the Founder Mode event he organized for YC alumni. He talks about why founder mode matters and how the concept is evolving the the age of AI.
Founder Mode: Brian Chesky, Founder & CEO, Airbnb
At YC's first Founder Mode event, we talk with Brian Chesky, whose legendary talk last year was the origin of the concept. Unless you were one of the lucky founders in that audience, this interview is probably the closest you can get to experiencing it.