YC Visiting Group Partner Divya Bhat talks about how to set your KPIs (key metrics) and how to prioritize your time. This talk helps founders launch faster and set goals in order to make real progress.

Apply to Y Combinator: https://yc.link/SUS-apply
Work at a Startup: https://yc.link/SUS-jobs

Setting KPIs and Goals with Divya Bhat | Startup School

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What's happening in startups right now and how can you get ahead of the curve? In this episode of the Lightcone podcast, we dive deep into the major trends we're seeing from the most recent batch of YC using data we've never shared publicly before. This is a glimpse into what might be the most exciting moment to be a startup founder ever. It's time to build.

YC is accepting late applications for the Summer 24 batch: ycombinator.com/apply

Consumer is back, What’s getting funded now, Immaculate vibes | Lightcone Podcast

When you’re making important decisions as a founder — like what to build or how it should work — should you spend lots of time gathering input from others or just trust your gut?

In this episode of Dalton & Michael, we talk more about this and how to know when you should spend time validating and when to just commit.

Apply to Y Combinator: https://yc.link/DandM-apply
Work at a Startup: https://yc.link/DandM-jobs

When Should You Trust Your Gut? | Dalton & Michael Podcast

YC has become a surprising force in the hard tech world, funding startups building physical products from satellites to rockets to electric planes. In this episode of Lightcone, we go behind the scenes to explore how YC advises founders on their ambitious startups. We also take a look at a number of YC's hard tech companies and how they got started with little time or money.

Inside The Hard Tech Startups Turning Sci-Fi Into Reality | Lightcone Podcast

If you read articles about companies like OpenAI and Anthropic training foundation models, it would be natural to assume that if you don’t have a billion dollars or the resources of a large company, you can’t train your own foundational models. But the opposite is true.

In this episode of the Lightcone Podcast, we discuss the strategies to build a foundational model from scratch in less than 3 months with examples of YC companies doing just that. We also get an exclusive look at Open AI's Sora!

Building AI Models Faster And Cheaper Than You Think | Lightcone Podcast

One trait that many great founders share is conviction. In this episode of Dalton & Michael, we’ll talk about finding confidence in what you're building, the dangers of inaccurate assumptions, and a question founders need to ask themselves before they start trying to sell to anyone else.

Apply to Y Combinator: https://yc.link/DandM-apply
Work at a Startup: https://yc.link/DandM-jobs

Setting KPIs and Goals with Divya Bhat | Startup School

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