YC Founders
Get 1:1 advice from experienced Y Combinator alumni.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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