Nail your YC application
Make your application stand out and crush it in your interview with 1:1 advice from Y Combinator-backed founders.
Liz Tsai
Founder & CEO – HiOperator,
Y Combinator Alum
Available on Saturday
Liz Tsai is the founder and CEO of HiOperator, a customer service-as-a-service solution company that allows businesses to handle client customer service tickets faster an...
Enterprise SaaS
advice
Sales
Customer acquisition
Fundraising
SaaS
Enterprise
Bryan Wilcox
Co-founder & CTO – Tovala,
Y Combinator Alum
Available on Tuesday
Bryan Wilcox is a co-founder and the former CTO of Tovala, a food-tech company that saves people time with a smart oven and paired meal service. Tovala has raised $70M in...
Technical and
hardware advice
Hardware
Y Combinator
Finding developers
Building an MVP
Product-driven growth
Alexandra Zatarain
Co-founder – Eight Sleep,
Y Combinator Alum
Available on Thursday
Alexandra Zatarain is the Co-Founder and Vice President of Brand and Marketing at Eight Sleep, the world's first sleep fitness company. Eight Sleep solves sleep's most pr...
Consumer marketing
and GTM advice
Launching consumer tech startups
Customer acquisition
Branding & marketing
GTM and retail distribution
Athlete partnerships
Rune Hauge
CEO – Mentorcam,
Y Combinator Alum
Available tomorrow
Rune Hauge is the co-founder and CEO of Mentorcam (YC S21), angel investor, and startup advisor. Before co-founding Mentorcam, Rune founded three different startups with ...
Seed stage
fundraising advice
Fundraising
Y Combinator
Product-market-fit
Startup sales
Growth hacking
Anada Lakra
Founder & CEO – BoldVoice,
Y Combinator Alum
Available tomorrow
Anada Lakra is the co-founder and CEO of BoldVoice, a Y Combinator-backed startup that provides accent training to non-native English speakers. Anada previously worked as...
Go-to-market and
formation advice
Edtech startups
Fundraising
Y Combinator
Mobile app marketing
Early-stage growth
Carl Carell
Co-founder & CRO – GetAccept,
Y Combinator Alum
Available on Thursday
Carl Carell is the Co-founder and CRO of GetAccept, an all-in-one digital sales room platform helps salespeople win more B2B deals. GetAccept has raised more than $30M in...
SaaS sales and
biz dev advice
B2B sales
GTM strategy
Building sales team
SaaS products
Early-stage sales
Edvard Engesaeth
Co-founder – Nurx,
Y Combinator Alum
Available on Friday
Dr. Edvard "Eddie" Engeseath, MD is the Co-founder of telehealth startup Nurx, angel investor, startup advisor, and a former family physician. He founded Nurx to make pre...
Growth and
fundraising advice
Fundraising
Deal making
Customer acquisition
Product-market-fit
Hiring strategy
Praful Mathur
Founder & CEO – Sarama,
Y Combinator Alum
Available on Friday
Praful Mathur is the founder and CEO of Sarama, a deeptech startup that uses AI to determine intent from barks i.e. crude translation. He was previously the co-founder a...
AI & deeptech
advice
Artificial Intelligence
Deeptech
Customer acquisition
Performance marketing
Organic growth
Wil Eyi
CEO & Co-founder – Toolbox,
Y Combinator Alum
Available on Thursday
Wil Eyi is the CEO and co-founder of Toolbox, a Y Combinator-backed startup building a vertical Fintech platform. The company has raised $18M in debt and equity. Prior to...
Fintech and
growth advice
Fintech startups
Pitch deck review
Generating VC interest
Pitch practice
Product-market-fit
Itay Forer
Co-founder – Cleanly,
Y Combinator Alum
Available tomorrow
Itay Forer is the co-founder of Cleanly, an on-demand laundry and dry cleaning service backed by Y Combinator (W15), Initialized Capital, Soma Capital, Paul Buchheit (cre...
B2C and
GTM advice
B2B sales
GTM strategy
Building sales team
Applying to YC
Finding PMF
Hamilton Chan
CEO – Coaching for Startups,
Y Combinator Alum
Available on Thursday
Hamilton Chan is the CEO of Coaching for Startups. He holds a BA in Psychology from Harvard University and a JD from Harvard Law School. He worked as an investment banker...
Startup coaching
and tactical advice
Leadership training
Applying to accelerators
Raising your first round
Finding investors
Motivation & personal growth
Harrison Steed
Co-founder – PickTrace,
Y Combinator Alum
Available on Friday
Harrison Steed is the co-founder of PickTrace, a workforce and harvest management enterprise platform for large-scale farms. Together with his co-founder and brother, Har...
Enterprise SaaS
and B2B advice
Series A funding
SaaS sales
Ag-tech
Building culture
Y Combinator
Amir Tarighat
Co-founder & CEO – Agency,
Y Combinator Alum
Available on Friday
Amir Tarighat is the co-founder and CEO of Agency, an enterprise cybersecurity startup backed by Y Combinator (W22). He is a software developer and cybersecurity expert w...
Cybersecurity and
Enterprise SaaS advice
B2B sales
GTM strategy
Acquisitions
SaaS products
YC applications
Ilya Usorov
Co-Founder & CTO – BoldVoice,
Y Combinator Alum
Available tomorrow
Ilya Usorov is the co-founder and CTO of BoldVoice, a Y Combinator-backed startup that provides accent training to non-native English speakers. He has eight years of soft...
Edtech and
technical advice
Building for scale
Making an MVP
Software development
App development
Mobile marketing
Joey Flores
Founder – Inversion Art,
Y Combinator Alum
Available on Tuesday
Joey Flores is the founder and Managing Director of Inversion Art, an accelerator for artists. He has over 20 years of experience launching, growing and scaling startups....
Growth hacking
advice
Growth hacking
Y Combinator
Marketplaces
Raising from angels
Product development
Emmie Chang
Founder & CEO – Hoo,
Y Combinator Alum
Available on Thursday
Emmie is a serial tech entrepreneur who is presently working on Hoo, an interactive Web3 livestream platform. She is a Y Combinator alum who previously co-founded FutureL...
Web3 advice and
pitch feedback
Your YC application
Pitch deck review
How to build Web3 projects
Pitch practice
Growth hacking