Paul Graham, Founder, Y Combinator

About this episode

Paul Graham discusses the early years of Y Combinator and its development.

Paul Graham is back in the latest episode of The Social Radars. This time we focus on what was going on behind the scenes at Y Combinator back in the early years. If you really want to understand what YC is like and what made it that way, this is the episode for you.

People in this episode

Host: Jessica Livingston

Guest: Paul Graham

Topics covered

• Y Combinator
• entrepreneurship
• startups
• business history
• Paul Graham

Keywords

• Y Combinator
• Paul Graham
• startups
• entrepreneurship
• business culture

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Y Combinator

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