Jessica Livingston : How to Build the Future

Y Combinator
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Published 2016-08-30
Jessica is a cofounder of Y Combinator.

Y Combinator has funded 1,500 startups and they are worth more than $70 billion in total. More than 10 of them are worth more than a billion dollars or more.

Access podcast and transcript versions of this interview here:
www.ycombinator.com/future/jessica/
All Comments (21)
  • @user-ie2de6vo1j
    Out of the hundreds talks I've seen, this one stands to be at the very top. Down to earth, simple but very concise and with a clear motive - just start. It is in my hope to be a founder in Y Combinator in the years to come.
  • @abduvosidmalikov
    06:26 just get started with something 11:53 insights, their idea has legs 21:07 start with an idea you don't know much about, build something people want and iterate. do it lightweight start small and evolve
  • @HashimAziz1
    "No-one likes getting copied... You can't worry about it. If you're building something great, you're gonna get copied."
  • @nishc3280
    These sneakers are lit. This needed to be said
  • @JonesJr876
    Wonderful Interview. Y Combinator is amazing. So are the founders and the founders they support.
  • @jaywalker11
    Thank you for sharing your valuable experience. It helped a lot.
  • @yaninrosario
    If Airbnb founders applied for YC online, they would not have been chosen. She admitted that YC didn’t believe in the idea. They were chosen because they knew Michael. Moral of the story: it’s who you know.
  • @margaretcezarcreates
    You are amazing Jessica! I can't wait to working with you. We share the same interests and point of view. You seem to be really really really kind and good hearted person. God Bless! 🙏
  • @daviddavis1351
    Their companies are worth $80 billion dollars, of which $69 billion came from 15 companies and the biggest one, Airbnb, they didnt believe in the concept but got into their ecosystem because a friend knew someone there. (7:00 - 11:00 mark). That fluke that they didnt like accounts for 44% of all their financial success. So basically, their success rate is about 1%. 15 financially wildly succesfull companies out of 1500 they invested in. Let that sink in for a minute or two. Only in America would that batting average be applauded and batter enshrined in at the front of Cooperstown.