23 posts and columns on Paul Graham

Medical Crowdfunding Site Watsi Becomes Y Combinator’s First Nonprofit Startup

in News on January 25 at 12:57 pm PT

“I’ve never been so excited about anything we’ve funded,” says YC chief Paul Graham.
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Q&A: Randall Stross on the World of Y Combinator

in News on September 25, 2012 at 5:35 am PT

Y Combinator leader Paul Graham calls Stross’s book “remarkably accurate.”
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Y Combinator’s Paul Graham Warns Start-Ups to Lower Funding Expectations

in News on June 4, 2012 at 11:04 pm PT

Y Combinator leader Paul Graham is now warning his companies to conserve their funding.
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Y Combinator Unloads Massive New Batch of Start-Ups

in News on August 23, 2011 at 12:58 pm PT

The start-up incubator Y Combinator today is pushing out 63 new companies, its largest and most daunting class ever.
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Start-Up Accelerators Get Topic-Specific: Education, Health and Now Cleantech

in Social on May 24, 2011 at 8:38 am PT

Start-up accelerators in the mold of Y Combinator are themselves a growth industry and now some are centered on specific topics rather than just common location.

Meet Y Combinator's Latest Class

in Social on March 22, 2011 at 3:25 pm PT

Y Combinator on Tuesday showed off its latest class of start-ups at its Mountain View, CA, headquarters, offering an extra-large sampler pack of developer tools; social apps; lots of services for markets like real estate, doctors and parents; and, of course, a few of its trademark productivity apps. Here’s the list, along with a photo gallery.

Gmail Creator Leaves Facebook for Y Combinator

in Social on November 12, 2010 at 10:59 am PT

Paul Buchheit, the well-respected developer and angel investor, is moving on from Facebook, which had acquired him along with FriendFeed, the start-up he co-founded and funded.