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Find a high-quality co-founder on our platform of 4500 founders. Tell us about yourself and your preferences and we’ll show you profiles of your ideal candidates. If there’s mutual interest, we match the two of you.
Y Combinator Co-founder Matching
YC’s free online platform to help you find your co-founder
Startup School for Future Founders is a free, 6-week course designed for anyone who is interested in starting a company in the future. We discuss how to get and vet startup ideas, how to plan an MVP, and more. This course begins on Nov 9.
Startup School for Future Founders
YC's free 6-week program for aspiring founders
We’re excited to announce our 1st YC Build Sprint. This is a 4-week period where you'll work intensively towards a goal, alongside a community of founders. The sprint kicks off on Aug 24. We'll award 20 equity-free grants to companies who complete the sprint.
YC Build Sprint
4 week sprint and 20 equity free grants
Kyle Corbitt
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Hey everyone! Really excited to launch the YC Build Sprint. We've been working on this for the last month. The main goal here is to help founders get as much done as possible in a 4-week period. We've found that time pressure can be really helpful for productivity, even if it's external (and even somewhat contrived). Really excited to see what everyone gets done over the next month. Let's build!
YC Build Sprint
4 week sprint and 20 equity free grants
Kyle Corbitt
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Really excited to share this with the world! Happy to answer questions about how the program works or how we built it.
Startup School
A free online program and global community for founders
Startup School is a free program designed for any startup founder who would like guidance through the most difficult challenges of starting a company. We’re excited to announce that Startup School is relaunching today as a continuous program.
Startup School
A free online program and global community for founders
Watch lectures by YC’s world-class experts and get direct feedback in community posts and AMAs. Join a network of over 40k founders across 190 countries. Cut startup costs and get discounts from the best in the business like AWS, GCP, Stripe and more.
Startup School Winter 2020
Learn how to start a startup with YC for free
Kyle Corbitt
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Really excited that we're running this again in January! One thing we learned last year was that a once-a-year course doesn't really work for founders. By running more frequently we'll make Startup School available on *your* schedule, not ours.
Another major change is that we're dropping down to 2 required group sessions from 7. Some founders got a lot of value out of group sessions but others...
Startup School Winter 2020
Learn how to start a startup with YC for free
Join a network of over 15,000 founders across 140 countries and gain access to the Startup School founder forum. Get feedback, support and help from the community. Selected companies who complete the course will also receive $15K.
Startup School 2019
Learn how to start a startup with YC for free