YC Founders

Get 1:1 advice from experienced Y Combinator alumni.

Liz Tsai

Liz Tsai

Founder & CEO – HiOperator,
Y Combinator Alum

Available next Wednesday

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
Carl Carell

Carl Carell

Co-founder & CRO – GetAccept,
Y Combinator Alum

Available next Wednesday

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
Amir Tarighat

Amir Tarighat

Co-founder & CEO – Agency,
Y Combinator Alum

Available tomorrow

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
Edvard Engesaeth

Edvard Engesaeth

Co-founder – Nurx,
Y Combinator Alum

Available next 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

Praful Mathur

Founder & CEO – Sarama,
Y Combinator Alum

Available next 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

Wil Eyi

CEO & Co-founder – Toolbox,
Y Combinator Alum

Available next Wednesday

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
Alexandra Zatarain

Alexandra Zatarain

Co-founder – Eight Sleep,
Y Combinator Alum

Available next Wednesday

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
Itay Forer

Itay Forer

Co-founder – Cleanly,
Y Combinator Alum

Available next Tuesday

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
Ilya Usorov

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
Hamilton Chan

Hamilton Chan

CEO – Coaching for Startups,
Y Combinator Alum

Available next Wednesday

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
Emmie Chang

Emmie Chang

Founder & CEO – Hoo,
Y Combinator Alum

Available next Wednesday

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
Bryan Wilcox

Bryan Wilcox

Co-founder & CTO – Tovala,
Y Combinator Alum

Available next Wednesday

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
Joey Flores

Joey Flores

Founder – Inversion Art,
Y Combinator Alum

Available tomorrow

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
Panos Papadiamantis

Panos Papadiamantis

Co-founder & CPO – PNOĒ,
Hardware & Medtech Expert

Available tomorrow

Panos Papadiamantis is the co-founder and Chief Product Officer of PNOĒ, a medical equipment manufacturing which enables health professionals to provide science-backed nu...

Hardware and
medical devices

  • Healthcare startups
  • Hardware
  • Customer acquisition
  • Fundraising
  • Athlete partnerships
Anada Lakra

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
Rune Hauge

Rune Hauge

CEO – Mentorcam,
Y Combinator Alum

Available next Wednesday

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
Benjamin Balazs

Benjamin Balazs

Co-founder & CTO – Mentorcam,
Y Combinator Alum

Available tomorrow

Benjamin Balazs is the CTO of Mentorcam. Prior to co-founding Mentorcam, Benjamin held various product engineering and designing roles. He's built apps and websites for c...

Product development
advice

  • Product development
  • Building marketplaces
  • Getting to PMF
  • Y Combinator
  • Remote engineering teams