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Mike Krenn
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Robert Gordon IV
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Oleg Kaganovich
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Hello LinkedIn Friends - After an amazing run of almost 8 years, I left Y Combinator last week. When I joined YC, it was celebrating a milestone – funding ~1,000 startups in its first decade. Fast forward to today, and we’ve funded over 3,000 additional startups, building the infrastructure to support that scale and learning a lot along the way. Most importantly, I had the good fortune to work with incredible people. Some of those people are of course YC’s exceptionally talented founders. I always saw a big part of my job as GC at YC to be derisking the legal aspects of a startup, so founders can focus on the stuff that really matters. That means providing founders with the tools and education necessary to form a company, get funding, and get right back to business. It also means, at times, serving as a sounding board or sanity check for founders when things get tough, which inevitably happens at some point in the life of a startup. To all of you, it’s been a privilege. I'm also grateful to all of the startup lawyers, immigration lawyers, the great team at Clerky, and everyone else in the ecosystem who we’ve forged connections with over the years to improve the legal landscape for founders starting companies. And last but not least, a huge thank you to everyone at YC, and especially the legal team. When I first started, everything felt relatively straightforward. However, the landscape has shifted dramatically. Today, YC supports founders from all corners of the globe, at a scale that’s unprecedented. Naturally, the legal team had to evolve alongside YC's growth. We’ve really built something special, and I have every confidence in this team for the future. YC founders are tackling real-world problems and building companies that create significant opportunities and jobs. It’s been an immense privilege to advance that mission and have the opportunity to work with so many of you along the way. As for what’s next for me: I’ll be taking some time to plot my next adventure!
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Amanda Eilian
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Helen Fu Thomas
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Bernard H. Coleman, Esq.
Knowing how a venture capitalist will evaluate your potential from your (potential) product-market fit is key in understanding how to pitch your offering to them. Knowing your investor market can be as important as knowing your customer market when raising capital. #venturecapital #vc #business #startup #productmarketfit
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Christopher E.
Tech startups that are C-corporations, and their investors, often ask, "should the startup issue a K-1 to its investors?" The answer is no. C-corporations do not issue K-1s. If a tech startup has done a Series A (or B, C, etc.) priced equity round with institutional venture capital investors, it's probably a C-corporation. K-1s are IRS tax forms that some flow-through entities (such as some LLCs) issue to their members. This is an accounting and tax issue, so if your tech startup is a pass-through entity (if a tech startup is a pass-through entity, it's typically an LLC), working with an accountant with partnership tax experience is a good way to get K-1s issued as needed.
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Arun Mittal
Just wrapped up an insightful few days at Legal Innovators California, focusing on AI/LLM in legaltech. Key takeaways: - AI is poised to disrupt the legal practice imminently. - Growing interest in automating routine tasks like SaaS contracts and NDAs. - Cyborg solutions, integrating humans for quality control, are being launched in legal services today - RAG is intriguing but not foolproof for precision in legal matters (very different from creating marketing copy for TikTok) I'm excited about the concept of autonomous agents negotiating contracts and streamlining core issues for human attention - a game-changer! Looking forward to more developments in this space! Lauren Bonner Jonathan Jetmundsen Juristat #LegalTech #AI #Innovation #LegalInnovatorsCalifornia
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Akihide Narita
Some midweek wisdom from Y Combinator founder, Paul Graham, on why startups shouldn't stress over competitors. According to Graham, based on Y Combinator's extensive data set, few of their startups are actually killed by competitors. He compares the protection a startup has against competitors to the vastness of space, emphasising that the market is large enough for multiple players to thrive. Graham's analogy likens encountering a competitor to suddenly finding another runner in your race lane - the best course of action? “It’s sort of like if you’re running the hundred meters and suddenly a lane appears with another runner in it. What should you do? Run as fast as you can, just like you presumably were.” #Startups #Competition #Entrepreneurship #wearehiring
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Gabriele Iuvinale
🇺🇲 A new crop of early-stage startups - along with some recent VC investments - illustrates a niche emerging in the autonomous vehicle technology sector. Unlike the companies bringing robotaxis to city streets, these startups are taking their tech off-road. Two recent entrants - Seattle-based Overland AI and New Brunswick-based Potential - are poised to get a first-mover advantage on this segment of autonomy. https://lnkd.in/dDiUnvVY
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