Ycombinator Archives - GrowthMentor https://www.growthmentor.com/blog/tag/ycombinator/ Thu, 09 Nov 2023 09:01:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.10 https://www.growthmentor.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/cropped-apple-icon-57x57-1-1-150x150.png Ycombinator Archives - GrowthMentor https://www.growthmentor.com/blog/tag/ycombinator/ 32 32 What It Was Like Doing Y Combinator a Second Time https://www.growthmentor.com/blog/doing-y-combinator-a-second-time/ https://www.growthmentor.com/blog/doing-y-combinator-a-second-time/#respond Wed, 08 Nov 2023 09:22:50 +0000 https://www.growthmentor.com/?p=9876 Nate Matherson went through Y Combinator back in 2016 and he just did it again going through the S21 batch. Here's what it was like going through it a second time.

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]]> https://www.growthmentor.com/blog/doing-y-combinator-a-second-time/feed/ 0 How to get into Y Combinator according to the founders that did get in https://www.growthmentor.com/blog/how-to-get-into-y-combinator/ https://www.growthmentor.com/blog/how-to-get-into-y-combinator/#respond Tue, 16 Mar 2021 00:00:36 +0000 https://www.growthmentor.com/?p=6139 The candid guide to getting into Y Combinator fueled by the personal accounts of a dozen founders that have successfully passed through the program.

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]]> https://www.growthmentor.com/blog/how-to-get-into-y-combinator/feed/ 0 Itay Forer of Cleanly shares his Y Combinator Journey https://www.growthmentor.com/blog/how-cleanly-got-into-y-combinator/ https://www.growthmentor.com/blog/how-cleanly-got-into-y-combinator/#respond Mon, 15 Mar 2021 11:51:58 +0000 https://www.growthmentor.com/?p=8987 Itay shared with us what are the biggest advantages of Y Combinator, how to apply and what to expect once you join. Here’s his journey.

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]]> https://www.growthmentor.com/blog/how-cleanly-got-into-y-combinator/feed/ 0 Pedro Goes of InEvent shares his Y Combinator Journey https://www.growthmentor.com/blog/how-inevent-got-into-y-combinator/ https://www.growthmentor.com/blog/how-inevent-got-into-y-combinator/#respond Mon, 15 Mar 2021 10:40:54 +0000 https://www.growthmentor.com/?p=8996 Pedro shared with us what are the biggest advantages of Y Combinator, how to apply and what to expect once you join. Here’s his journey.

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]]> https://www.growthmentor.com/blog/how-inevent-got-into-y-combinator/feed/ 0 Ryan Chan the founder of UpKeep shares his Y Combinator Journey https://www.growthmentor.com/blog/how-upkeep-got-into-y-combinator/ https://www.growthmentor.com/blog/how-upkeep-got-into-y-combinator/#respond Mon, 09 Sep 2019 00:43:05 +0000 https://www.growthmentor.com/?p=5820 Ryan shared with us what are the biggest advantages of Y Combinator, how to apply and what to expect once you join. Here’s his journey.

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]]> https://www.growthmentor.com/blog/how-upkeep-got-into-y-combinator/feed/ 0 The story of when 8 x Co-Founders flew from Denmark to San Francisco for Y Combinator https://www.growthmentor.com/blog/how-peergrade-got-into-y-combinator/ https://www.growthmentor.com/blog/how-peergrade-got-into-y-combinator/#respond Mon, 09 Sep 2019 00:00:54 +0000 https://www.growthmentor.com/?p=5878 What started as an internal tool to help a Professor save time grading his University students, quickly escalated into a software business that caught the attention of Y Combinator.

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]]> https://www.growthmentor.com/blog/how-peergrade-got-into-y-combinator/feed/ 0 How 4 Swedes got their SaaS accepted into Y Combinator while still at $0 MRR https://www.growthmentor.com/blog/how-getaccept-got-into-y-combinator/ https://www.growthmentor.com/blog/how-getaccept-got-into-y-combinator/#respond Mon, 09 Sep 2019 00:00:53 +0000 https://www.growthmentor.com/?p=5960 When Samir Smajic and his 3 fellow co-founders applied to Y Combinator one week before the deadline didn't have a single paying customer (nor a functioning product). Yet they got in anyway. Read on to learn how.

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]]> https://www.growthmentor.com/blog/how-getaccept-got-into-y-combinator/feed/ 0 The story of how two college friends joined forces to disrupt an industry with Iris Automation https://www.growthmentor.com/blog/how-irisonboard-got-into-y-combinator/ https://www.growthmentor.com/blog/how-irisonboard-got-into-y-combinator/#respond Mon, 09 Sep 2019 00:00:39 +0000 https://www.growthmentor.com/?p=5965 How can manned aircraft and unmanned drones coexist safely in the same skies? It's this major problem that James Howard and his co-founder decided to solve and what ultimately got them accepted into Y Combinator. Read their story below.

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]]> https://www.growthmentor.com/blog/how-irisonboard-got-into-y-combinator/feed/ 0 The Story of How a Sofa Startup Got Into Y Combinator with Just a Pitch Deck https://www.growthmentor.com/blog/how-burrow-got-into-y-combinator/ https://www.growthmentor.com/blog/how-burrow-got-into-y-combinator/#respond Mon, 09 Sep 2019 00:00:37 +0000 https://www.growthmentor.com/?p=5968 Learn how Stephen and Kabeer teamed together to disrupt the Sofa industry getting into Y Combinator with little more than a pitch deck!

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]]> https://www.growthmentor.com/blog/how-burrow-got-into-y-combinator/feed/ 0 Katherine Nammacher Chronicles RideAlong’s Journey Into Y Combinator https://www.growthmentor.com/blog/how-ridealong-got-into-y-combinator/ https://www.growthmentor.com/blog/how-ridealong-got-into-y-combinator/#respond Mon, 09 Sep 2019 00:00:36 +0000 https://www.growthmentor.com/?p=5889 If you're a woman in tech, having a brand like Y Combinator behind you can be a major accelerant. Especially if you're in the government technology with notoriously slow sales cycles. Read Katherine's Y Combinator journey.

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