Ben Silbermann, Cofounder of Pinterest, at Startup School 2016. Here are a few excerpts from Ben's conversation with Ali Rowghani, CEO of the YC Continuity Fund: Ali : You're clearly creative, you clearly had a sense the internet could be something interesting to solve various problems but you weren't technical. How did you overcome that in...

Oleg Rogynskyy is the CEO of People.ai (S16). As the founder of a startup that graduated from Y Combinator last August I’m often asked about my experience - particularly by other founders. Was it valuable? What did we get out of it? What did we learn? There’s a perception in some corners of the Valley that Y Combinator is like an elite Ivy League institution...

We’ve recruited a group of female engineers with years of industry experience to try an experiment with us called “Ask A Female Engineer.” Read our first post to learn more about the series. We recognize that the opinions of a few people by no means represent the opinions or experiences of all women who code. We’d love to hear feedback and more perspectives...

Marc Andreessen, Andreessen Horowitz cofounder and general partner, at Startup School 2016. In his conversation with YC Partner and COO Qasar Younis, Marc outlined two tests investors run on entrepreneurs before working with them. 1. Can they get a warm intro? Marc : The way that most of the top end venture capital firms work is basically...

Karen Lien is an Edtech Principal at Y Combinator. At YC / Imagine K12, we work with an educator advisory board that guides our work with edtech companies. Over the past year, the advisory board has helped us compile a collection of guidelines for edtech products. The guidelines touch on everything from data format, to account setup, to customer...

Reid Hoffman, Cofounder of LinkedIn and Partner at Greylock Partners, at Startup School 2016. Here are a few excerpts from Reid's conversation with Sam Altman: Sam : What’s something you believe to be true that very few people agree with you on? Reid : The people in this room may agree with this but, when you count the globe, one thing...