Videos & talks
Watch & listen.
Office hours, founder talks and hands-on workshops — the recordings we point founders to when a page of text isn't enough.
Talks
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YC Startup School
Sam Altman — How to Raise Money
▶43:00
Y Combinator
Geoff Ralston — A Guide to Seed Fundraising
▶55:00
YC Startup School
Paul Graham — Before the Startup
▶50:00
YC Startup School
Kevin Hale — How to Pitch Your Startup
▶30:00
Y Combinator
Michael Seibel — Building Product
▶35:00
Y Combinator
Aaron Harris — Common Fundraising Mistakes
▶38:00
YC Startup School
Marc Andreessen — Product/Market Fit
▶52:00
YC Startup School
Sam Altman — How to Start a Startup (Lecture 1)
▶60:00
Y Combinator
Brian Chesky — Lessons Learned Scaling Airbnb
▶40:00
Both Sides of the Table
Mark Suster — How to Pitch VCs
▶45:00
Hustle Fund
Eric Bahn — Fundraising 101 for Pre-Seed Founders
▶33:00
Hustle Fund
Elizabeth Yin — How VCs Make Investment Decisions
▶36:00
NfX
James Currier — Network Effects 101
▶29:00
NfX
Pete Flint — Pitch Deck Fundamentals
▶50:00
First Round Review
First Round CEO Summit — Pitch Deck Teardowns
▶45:00
a16z
a16z Podcast — Crafting Your Pitch
▶40:00
Spearhead
Naval Ravikant — How to Pitch and Raise Money
▶36:00
Y Combinator
Aaron Harris — How to Set Up Your Cap Table
▶43:00
Y Combinator
Michael Seibel — Why Most Startups Fail at Fundraising
▶47:00
Y Combinator
Dalton Caldwell + Michael Seibel — Building a Pitch Deck
▶90:00
Tim Ferriss Show
Tim Ferriss + Marc Andreessen — Fundraising Strategy
▶50:00
Y Combinator
Garry Tan — YC Office Hours
▶38:00
Hustle Fund
Hustle Fund — The Pre-Seed Playbook
▶25:00
NfX
NfX — 7 Common Pitch Deck Mistakes
▶36:00
First Round Review
First Round Review — Building Trust With Investors
▶45:00
Y Combinator
YC Office Hours — Term Sheet Negotiation
▶60:00
Greylock
Reid Hoffman — Fundraising for Blitzscaling
▶30:00
a16z
a16z — What Investors Actually Look For in a Pitch Deck