Paul Graham

The Cambridge program closes and YC consolidates in the Valley. Sequoia’s backing lets the batches grow; Stripe and Airbnb break out, Startup School scales to the biggest names in tech, and YC begins funding nonprofits.

Part of Y Combinator

42 moments in this segment.

1. 2009-01-15 - Consolidation in the Valley. In January 2009 the Cambridge program closes and YC consolidates entirely in Silicon Valley. The same year, Sequoia Capital leads a $2 million investment that lets YC fund around 60 companies a year.
2. 2009-01-20 - Airbnb (Winter 2009). Brian Chesky, Joe Gebbia and Nathan Blecharczyk join the Winter 2009 batch after famously funding themselves selling cereal boxes. Graham’s advice, go to your users, helps turn Airbnb into one of YC’s biggest companies.
3. 2009-06-01 - Stripe (Summer 2009). Patrick and John Collison join YC and build Stripe, developer-first payments. It becomes one of the most valuable private companies in the world and a cornerstone of the YC portfolio.
4. 2009 - Y Combinator (2009). Y Combinator, photographed in 2009. Part of the Y Combinator story.
5. 2009 - Paul Graham on Start-ups, Innovation, and Creativity 08/03/2009. EconTalk
6. 2010 - Geoff Ralston (2010). Geoff Ralston, photographed in 2010. Part of the Y Combinator story.
7. 2010 - Brian Chesky - Founder of Airbnb @ Startup School 2010 (1 of 2). Ernest
8. 2010 - Sequoia doubles down. In 2010 Sequoia provides a further $8.25 million, and YC adds partners and advisors, Paul Buchheit (creator of Gmail) and Harj Taggar among them, to handle the growing batches.
9. 2010 - Jessica Livingston (2010). Jessica Livingston, photographed in 2010. Part of the Y Combinator story.
10. 2010 - This Week in Startups - Garry Tan, Co-Founder of Posterous. This Week in Startups
11. 2011 - Y Combinator (2011). Y Combinator, photographed in 2011. Part of the Y Combinator story.
12. 2011 - Drew Houston (Dropbox) (2011). Drew Houston (Dropbox), photographed in 2011. Part of the Y Combinator story.
13. 2011 - Brian Chesky (Airbnb) (2011). Brian Chesky (Airbnb), photographed in 2011. Part of the Y Combinator story.
14. 2011 - Y Combinator's Graham Says Startups Must Improve Lives. Bloomberg Originals
15. 2011-10-15 - Startup School draws the Valley’s biggest names. By 2011 Startup School fills auditoriums; Mark Zuckerberg and Ashton Kutcher speak. YC has become the center of gravity for early-stage startups, and a YC badge is a signal in itself.
16. 2012 - Justin.tv's Justin Kan: The story of a serial entrepreneur | Wizard. Justin.tv's viewers watch 300+ million videos a month. Socialcam just sold for $60 million. Now serial entrepreneur, Justin Kan, has founded Exec, which makes it possible to get jobs done without middlemen, and gives a whole class of people an opportunity to make a living.
17. 2012 - Y Combinator's Graham Doesn't See `Bubble' in Technology: Video. Bloomberg Originals
18. 2012 - Loopt's Altman Says Groupon Partnership Looks Promising. Bloomberg Originals
19. 2012 - Drew Houston: How I Met My Co-Founder. Stanford eCorner
20. 2012 - Y Combinator's Paul Graham On Changing Strategies. TechCrunch
21. 2012 - Jason Interviews Sam Altman CEO of Loopt. TechCrunch
22. 2012 - Paul Graham On Founder Power, The Rise Of NY. TechCrunch
23. 2013 - Goodreads, Y Combinator Demo Day, and Bitcoin | CrunchWeek. TechCrunch
24. 2013-10-25 - Joel Spolsky at Startup School 2012. From the Y Combinator video archive (2013).
25. 2013-10-25 - Hiroshi Mikitani at Startup School 2012. From the Y Combinator video archive (2013).
26. 2013-10-25 - Tom Preston Werner at Startup School 2012. From the Y Combinator video archive (2013).
27. 2013-10-25 - David Rusenko at Startup School 2012. From the Y Combinator video archive (2013).
28. 2013-10-25 - Jessica Livingston at Startup School 2012. From the Y Combinator video archive (2013).
29. 2013-10-25 - Ron Conway at Startup School 2012. From the Y Combinator video archive (2013).
30. 2013-10-25 - Balaji Srinivasan at Startup School 2013. From the Y Combinator video archive (2013).
31. 2013-10-25 - Mark Zuckerberg at Startup School 2012. From the Y Combinator video archive (2013).
32. 2013-10-25 - Chris Dixon at Startup School 2013. From the Y Combinator video archive (2013).
33. 2013-10-25 - Travis Kalanick at Startup School 2012. From the Y Combinator video archive (2013).
34. 2013-10-25 - Dan Siroker at Startup School 2013. From the Y Combinator video archive (2013).
35. 2013-10-25 - Ben Silbermann at Startup School 2012. From the Y Combinator video archive (2013).
36. 2013-10-26 - Office Hours at Startup School 2013 with Paul Graham and Sam Altman. From the Y Combinator video archive (2013).
37. 2013-10-26 - Ron Conway at Startup School 2013. From the Y Combinator video archive (2013).
38. 2013-10-26 - Phil Libin at Startup School 2013. From the Y Combinator video archive (2013).
39. 2013-10-26 - Nate Blecharczyk at Startup School 2013. From the Y Combinator video archive (2013).
40. 2013-10-26 - Jack Dorsey at Startup School 2013. From the Y Combinator video archive (2013).
41. 2013-10-26 - Mark Zuckerberg at Startup School 2013. From the Y Combinator video archive (2013).
42. 2013-10-27 - Chase Adam at Startup School 2013. From the Y Combinator video archive (2013).