Startup School

Learn how to start a company, with help from the world's top startup accelerator - Y Combinator.

Startup School is a free online course on how to start a startup.

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

How Startup School works

• 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.

Who is Startup School for?

• 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.

[michael seibel]

How to Plan your MVP

Michael Seibel, YC Partner & Co-Founder of Twitch

[carolynn levy]

Modern Startup Funding

Carolynn Levy, inventor of the SAFE

[kat manalac]

How to Launch your Company in the Press

Kat Manalac, YC Head of Outreach

[gustaf alstromer]

How to Get Users and Grow

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

[ali rowghani]

How to Lead Teams

Ali Rowghani, CFO of Pixar & COO of Twitter

[dalton caldwell]

How and When to Apply to Y Combinator

Dalton Caldwell, YC Partner & Head of Admissions

[mark zuckerberg]

The Founding Story of Facebook

Mark Zuckerberg, Founder and CEO of Facebook

[anne wojcicki]

On Starting and Scaling 23andMe

Anne Wojcicki, Co-Founder and CEO of 23andMe

[blake scholl]

Boom: A Startup Building a Supersonic Jet

Blake Scholl, Founder and CEO of Boom

Also part of Startup School:

• 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

How co-founder matching works:

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

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

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

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