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Startup School Radio is a weekly broadcast where you'll hear Aaron Harris, a partner at Y Combinator, get stories and practical advice from founders and investors. Learn how they got started, what went wrong, what surprised them, and what happened as their companies grew. Originally broadcast on S…

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    • Aug 4, 2016 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 53m AVG DURATION
    • 49 EPISODES


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    Startup School Radio Episode 49: Mixpanel founder Suhail Doshi

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2016 54:02


    In this episode of Startup School Radio, Y Combinator partner Kat Manalac interviews Suhail Doshi, the founder of Mixpanel

    Startup School Radio Episode 48: Remix's Sam Hashemi, Le Tote's Brett Northart and Rakesh Tondon

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2016 54:03


    In this episode of Startup School Radio, YC partner Kat Manalac interviews Remix founder Sam Hashemi and Le Tote cofounders Brett Northart and Rakesh Tondon

    Startup School Radio Episode 47: Cuyana founders Karla Gallardo and Shilpa Shah

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2016 53:54


    In this episode of Startup School Radio, host and YC partner Kat Manalac interviews Karla Gallardo and Shilpa Shah, the cofounders of Cuyana

    Startup School Radio Episode 46: Detour and Groupon founder Andrew Mason

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2016 53:55


    In this episode of Startup School Radio, host and YC partner Aaron Harris interviews Andrew Mason, the founder of Detour and previously Groupon

    Startup School Radio Episode 45: Walker Williams, Teespring cofounder and CEO

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2016 53:54


    In this episode of Startup School Radio, host and YC partner Kat Manalac interviews Walker Williams, the cofounder and CEO of Teespring.

    Startup School Radio Episode 44: Docker founder Solomon Hykes

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2016 54:25


    In this episode of Startup School Radio, Y Combinator partner and host Kat Manalac interviews Solomon Hykes, the founder of Docker

    Startup School Radio Episode 43: AltSchool founder Max Ventilla

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2016 53:49


    In this episode of Startup School Radio, Y Combinator partner Aaron Harris interviews Max Ventilla, the founder of AltSchool.

    Startup School Radio Episode 42: Gigster co-founders Roger Dickey & Debo Olaosebikan

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2016 53:49


    In this episode of Y Combinator's Startup School Radio, host Kat Manalac interviews Gigster co-founders Roger Dickey and Debo Olaosebikan

    Startup School Radio Ep. 41: Plaid cofounder Zach Perret, Scribd cofounder Jared Friedman

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2016 53:43


    In this episode of Startup School Radio, Y Combinator partners Aaron Harris and Kat Manalac interview Plaid cofounder Zach Perret, and Scribd cofounder and YC partner Jared Friedman

    Startup School Radio Episode 40: Zesty CEO David Langer, New Story Charity CEO Brett Hagler

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2016 53:54


    In this episode of Startup School Radio, host Aaron Harris interviews Zesty founder and CEO David Langer and New Story Charity founder and CEO Brett Hagler

    Startup School Radio Episode 39: Segment founder Peter Reinhardt, Mattermark CEO Danielle Morrill

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2016 53:49


    In this episode of Y Combinator's Startup School Radio, we interview Segment founder Peter Reinhardt and Mattermark founder Danielle Morrill.

    Startup School Episode 38: Aaron King of Snapdocs, Sameer Shariff of Cambly

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2016 53:55


    In this episode of Startup School Radio, we interview Aaron King of Snapdocs and Sameer Shariff of Cambly.

    Startup School Radio Episode 37: Weebly founder David Rusenko

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2016 53:47


    In this episode of Startup School Radio, co-hosts and Y Combinator partners Aaron Harris and Kat Manalac interview Weebly founder David Rusenko.

    Startup School: Brian Trautschold of Ambition, Jason Kelly of Gingko Bioworks

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2016 54:13


    In this episode of Startup School Radio, host Aaron Harris interviews Ambition co-founder Brian Trautschold and Gingko Bioworks co-founder Dr. Jason Kelly

    Startup School Episode 35: Y Combinator co-founder Paul Graham

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2016 53:56


    Aaron Harris interviews Paul Graham, author and co-founder of Y Combinator

    Episode 34: Y Combinator's Luke Iseman, Nebia's Philip Winter

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2016 53:58


    In this episode of Startup School Radio, host Aaron Harris interviews Y Combinator's hardware specialist Luke Iseman and Philip Winter, the co-founder of high-efficiency shower head maker Nebia

    Episode 33: Y Combinator on Formation and Fundraising

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2016 53:49


    In this episode of Startup School Radio, Y Combinator's legal and finance leads Kirsty Nathoo, Jonathan Levy and Carolynn Levy detail the key basics of forming and funding companies.

    Episode 32: Chris Finneral of SketchDeck, Diego Saez Gil of BlueSmart

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2016 53:42


    In Episode 32 of Y Combinator's Startup School Radio, host Aaron Harris interviews SketchDeck founder Chris Finneral and BlueSmart founder Diego Saez Bil

    Episode 31: Aptible's Chas Ballew, Checkr's Daniel Yanisse

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2015 53:49


    Episode 31 of Startup School Radio: Host Aaron Harris interviews Aptible co-founder Chas Ballew and Checkr co-founder Daniel Yanisse

    Episode 30: Taplytics' Aaron Glazer, Y Combinator's Yuri Sagalov

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2015 53:48


    Episode 30 of Startup School Radio: Host Aaron Harris interviews Aaron Glazer, the CEO of Taplytics, and Yur Sagalov, a partner at Y Combinator

    Episode 29: Unbabel's Sofia Pessanha and Vasco Pedro, iCracked's AJ Forsythe

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2015 53:47


    Episode 29 of Startup School Radio: Host Aaron Harris interviews Sofia Pessanha and Vasco Pedro the co-founders of Unbabel, and AJ Forsythe, the CEO of iCracked

    Startup School Ep. 27: OrderAhead's Jeff Byun, Digital Ocean's Mitch Wainer

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2015 53:46


    Episode 27 of Startup School Radio: Host Aaron Harris interviews Jeff Byun, the co-founder of OrderAhead, and Mitch Wainer, the co-founder of Digital Ocean

    Startup School Ep. 28: LendUp's Jacob Rosenberg, Triplebyte's Harj Taggar

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2015 53:53


    Episode 28 of Startup School Radio: Host Aaron Harris interviews Jacob Rosenberg, the co-founder of LendUp, and Harjeet Taggar, the co-founder of Triplebyte

    Startup School Ep. 26: Bark & Co with Henrik Werdelin, Carly Strife, and Matt Meeker

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2015 53:47


    Episode 26 of Startup School Radio: Host Aaron Harris interviews Henrik Werdelin, Carly Strife, and Matt Meeker, the founders of Bark & Co.

    Startup School Radio Ep. 25: Elad Gil

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2015 53:16


    Episode 25 of Startup School Radio: Host Aaron Harris interviews Elad Gil, the founder of Color Genomics. They talk about Elad's path from academia to startups, the early days of mobile, and starting a companies in widely disparate fields.

    Startup School Radio Ep. 24: Sam Altman And Aarjav Trivedi

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2015 53:16


    Episode 24 of Startup School Radio: Host Aaron Harris interviews Sam Altman, President of Y Combinator. Also on the show: Aarjav Trivedi, founder of ridecell

    Startup School Radio Ep. 23: Jessica Livingston & Zenflow

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2015 53:46


    Episode 23 of Startup School Radio: Host Aaron Harris interviews Jessica Livingston, cofounder of and Partner at Y Combinator. Also on the show: Nick Damiano and Shreya Mehta from Zenflow.

    Startup School Radio Ep. 22: Rick Morrison & Jake Klamka

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2015 53:49


    Episode 22 of Startup School Radio: Host Aaron Harris interviews Rick Morrison, cofounder of Comprehend. Also on the show: Jake Klamka, founder of Insight Data Science.

    Startup School Radio Ep. 21: Ryan Petersen & Ooshma Garg

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2015 53:28


    Episode 21 of Startup School Radio: Host Aaron Harris interviews Ryan Petersen, founder of Flexport. Also on the show: Ooshma Garg, founder of Gobble.

    Startup School Radio Ep. 20: Prayag Narula & Jason Tan

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2015 53:48


    Episode 20 of Startup School Radio: Host Aaron Harris interviews Prayag Narula, cofounder of LeadGenius. Also on the show: Jason Tan, cofounder and CEO of Sift Science.

    Startup School Radio Ep. 19: Tyler Bosmany & Jason Freedman

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2015 53:53


    Episode 19 of Startup School Radio: Host Aaron Harris interviews Tyler Bosmenay, cofounder of Clever. Also on the show: Jason Freedman, founder and CEO of 42floors.

    Startup School Radio Ep. 18: Bill Clerico & Taro Fukuyama

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2015 53:39


    Episode 18 of Startup School Radio: Host Aaron Harris interviews Bill Clerico, cofounder of WePay. Also on the show: Taro Fukuyama, founder and CEO of Anyperk.

    Startup School Radio Ep. 17: Michael Seibel & Wade Foster

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2015 53:14


    Episode 17 of Startup School Radio: Host Aaron Harris interviews YC partner Michael Seibel. Also on the show: Wade Foster, cofounder and CEO of Zapier.

    Startup School Radio Ep. 16: Qasar Younis & Frederick Hutson

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2015 53:16


    Episode 16 of Startup School Radio: Host Aaron Harris interviews YC partner Qasar Younis. Also on the show: Frederick Hutson, founder and CEO of Pigeon.ly.

    Startup School Radio Ep. 15: Ryan Hoover & Harry Zhang

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2015 53:48


    Episode 15 of Startup School Radio: Host Aaron Harris interviews Ryan Hoover, the founder and CEO of Product Hunt. Also on the show: Harry Zhang, Cofounder and CEO of Lob.

    Startup School Radio Ep. 14: James Beshara & Alex Chang

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2015 53:44


    Episode 14 of Startup School Radio: Host Aaron Harris interviews James Beshara, founder of Tilt. Also on the show: Alex Chang, the founder of Boostable.

    Startup School Radio Ep. 13: Jesse Vollmar, Nick Carson & Phillip Akhzar

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2015 53:39


    Episode 13 of Startup School Radio: Host Aaron Harris interviews Farmlogs CEO and cofounder, Jesse Volmar. Also on the show: Nick Carson & Phillip Akhzar from Pakible.

    Startup School Radio Ep. 12: Dalton Caldwell & Brandon Rodman

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2015 49:10


    Episode 12 of Startup School Radio: Host Aaron Harris interviews Y Combinator partner Dalton Caldwell. Also on the show: Brandon Rodman, cofounder and CEO of Weave Communications.

    Startup School Radio Ep. 11: Paul Buchheit & mTailor

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2015 53:46


    Episode 11 of Startup School Radio: Host Aaron Harris interviews Y Combinator partner Paul Bucheit. Also on the show: Miles Penn and Rafi Witten, co-founders of mTailor.

    Startup School Radio Ep 10: Elizabeth Iorns & Brian Merritt

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2015 53:48


    Episode 10 of Startup School Radio: Host Aaron Harris interviews Elizabeth Iorns, co founder and CEO of Science Exchange and Brian Merritt, co founder and CEO of SEED.

    Startup School Radio Ep. 9: Geoff Ralston & David Bladow

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2015 53:46


    Episode 9 of Startup School Radio: Host Aaron Harris interviews Geoff Ralston, Partner at Y Combinator and founder of Imagine K12. Also on the show: David Bladow, co-founder Bloomthat.

    Startup School Radio Ep. 8: Kat Manalac & Urska Srsen

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2015 53:48


    Episode 8 of Startup School Radio: Host Aaron Harris interviews Kat Manalac, Partner at Y Combinator. Also on the show: Urska Srsen, co-founder and CEO of Bellabeat

    Startup School Radio Ep. 7: Kevin Hale & Johnny Chin

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2015 53:46


    Episode 7 of Startup School Radio: Host Aaron Harris interviews Kevin Hale, Co-founder of Wufoo and Partner at Y Combinator. Also on the show: Johnny Chin, Co-founder and CEO of Bannerman.

    Startup School Radio Ep. 6: Marco Zappacosta & Sanjay Dastoor

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2015 53:46


    Episode 6 of Startup School Radio: Host Aaron Harris interviews Marco Zappacosta, Co-founder and CEO of Thumbtack. Also on the show: Sanjay Dastoor, Co-founder and CEO of Boosted.

    Startup School Radio Ep. 5: Alan Tisch, David Tisch, & Olga Vidisheva

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2015 53:49


    Episode 5 of Startup School Radio: Host Aaron Harris interviews Alan and David Tisch, the founders of Spring. Also on the show: Olga Vidisheva, Founder and CEO of Shoptiques.

    Startup School Radio Ep. 4: PlanGrid & Campus Job

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2015 53:48


    Episode 4 of Startup School Radio: Host Aaron Harris interviews Tracy Young, Ryan Sutton-Gee, and Ralph Gootee, the founders of PlanGrid. Also on the show: Liz Wessel and JJ Fliegelman, the founders of Campus Job.

    Startup School Radio Ep. 3: Pete Koomen & Jeremy Yamaguchi

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2015 53:49


    Episode 3 of Startup School Radio: Host Aaron Harris interviews Pete Koomen, founder and CTO of Optimizely and Jeremy Yamaguchi, founder and CEO of Lawn Love

    Startup School Radio Ep. 2: Justin Kan & Mathilde Collin

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2015 53:08


    Episode 2 of Startup School Radio: Host Aaron Harris interviews Justin Kan, cofounder of Justin.tv, Exec, and Twitch. Also on the show, Mathilde Collin, Founder and CEO of Front.

    Startup School Radio Ep. 1: Alexis Ohanian & Kaz Nejatian

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2015 53:47


    Episode 1 of Startup School Radio: Host Aaron Harris interviews Alexis Ohanian, the Founder and Executive Chairman of Reddit. Also on the show, Kaz Nejatian, Founder and CEO of Kash.

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