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Startup School

Get advice based on 15 years of YC's knowledge, stay accountable for weekly progress, and find your co-founder.

Get the essential advice for ambitious startup founders, taught by Y Combinator partners and industry leaders.
Go at your own pace. It will take approximately 7 weeks if you spend 1-2 hours/week.

It's for anyone at the early stages of building a startup, turning a side project into a company, or anyone curious to learn about becoming a founder.

The YC Curriculum

Learn how to build a top startup - from the same people who helped Airbnb, Doordash, Stripe, Reddit, and Coinbase get started.

How to Plan your MVP

Modern Startup Funding

Carolynn Levy, inventor of the SAFE

How to Launch your Company in the Press

Kat Manalac, YC Head of Outreach

How to Get Users and Grow

Gustaf Alstromer, YC Partner & Former Head of Growth at Airbnb

How to Lead Teams

Ali Rowghani, CFO of Pixar & COO of Twitter

How and When to Apply to Y Combinator

Dalton Caldwell, YC Partner & Head of Admissions

The Founding Story of Facebook

Mark Zuckerberg, Founder and CEO of Facebook

On Starting and Scaling 23andMe

Anne Wojcicki, Co-Founder and CEO of 23andMe

Boom: A Startup Building a Supersonic Jet

Blake Scholl, Founder and CEO of Boom

YC Co-Founder Matching: the world's largest co-founder matching platform, with over 100,000 matches made
A weekly update tool to track your growth and progress

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Create your profile

Let other founders know your preferences for interests, skills, location, and more

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See potential co-founders

We'll show you candidates best suited for you based on your requirements and preferences

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Connect with your matches

Send invitations to founders that seem like a good fit, and explore the possibility of working together

Learn from the best startup founders