Lenny's Reads

Listen: Pulling back the curtain on the magic of Y Combinator


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In this episode, you’ll learn

* How YC pivoted from consumer startups to B2B software

* The new bets YC is making, and what it signals about the future of startups

* Why solo founders are struggling to get into YC

* How US startups dominate YC’s biggest wins, and why

* Why YC-backed companies survive longer than almost anyone else

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Lenny's ReadsBy Lenny Rachitsky

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