Arsen Kazibekov retweeted
Repeat @ycombinator founders hit different. Early success + the YC learnings = massively higher odds of building a category-defining company. Eg:
1. Sam Altman
• Act I: Loopt (YC S05) — location-based social networking app. Sold to Green Dot for $43.4M
• Act II: OpenAI — Valued at $852B
2. Tom Brown
• Act I: Grouper (YC W12) — group-dating app.
• Act II: Anthropic — Valued at $380B
3. Patrick Collison
• Act I: Auctomatic (YC W07) — auction management tool acquired for $5M
• Act II: Stripe (YC S09) — Valued at $159B
4. Qasar Younis
• Act I: TalkBin (YC W11) — customer feedback platform acquired by Google
• Act II: Applied Intuition — Valued at $15B
5. Eric Glyman & Karim Atiyeh
• Act I: Paribus (YC S15) — price-tracking app acquired by Capital One
• Act II: Ramp — Valued at $32B
6. Parker Conrad
• Act I: Zenefits (YC W13) — Rippling 1.0
• Act II: Rippling (YC W17) — Valued at $16.8B
7. Daniel Gross
• Act I: Greplin (YC W10) — predictive search engine acquired for ~$40M by Apple.
• Act II: Safe Superintelligence — Valued at $32B
8. Howie Liu
• Act I: Etacts (YC W10) — crm tool acquired by Salesforce
• Act II: Airtable — Valued at $11.7B
9. Tom Blomfield
• Act I: GoCardless (YC S11) — b2b payment processor acquired for €1.05B
• Act II: Monzo — Valued at $5B+
10. Jesse Zhang
• Act I: Lowkey (YC S18) — gameplay recording app. Acquired by Niantic.
• Act II: Decagon — Valued at $4.5B
11. Immad Akhund
• Act I: Clickpass (S07) — acquired by Yola
• Act II: Heyzap (YC W09) — mobile ad network acquired for $45M
• Act III: Mercury — Valued at $3.5B
12. Rujul Zaparde
• Act I: FlightCar (YC W13) — airport car-sharing startup acquired by mercedes-benz
• Act II: Zip (YC S20) — Valued at $2.2B
13. Kyle Vogt
• Act I: Twitch (YC W07) — acquired by Amazon for $970M
• Act II: Cruise (YC W14) — Acquired by General Motors for $1B+
14. Emmett Shear & Justin Kan
• Act I: Kiko (YC S05) — calendar app famously auctioned off on eBay for $258k
• Act II: Twitch (YC W07) — Acquired by Amazon for $970M
Arsen Kazibekov retweeted
missed a few crucial ones:
• Ben Silberman - Act I and Act II - AudioBeta (W06) and MightyQuiz (W08) // Act III - Pinterest
• Anton Osika - Act I - Depict (YC S20) // Act II Lovable - Valued at $6.6B
• Karri Saarinen - Act I - Kippt (YC S12) // Act II Linear - Valued at $1.25B
Repeat @ycombinator founders hit different. Early success + the YC learnings = massively higher odds of building a category-defining company. Eg:
1. Sam Altman
• Act I: Loopt (YC S05) — location-based social networking app. Sold to Green Dot for $43.4M
• Act II: OpenAI — Valued at $852B
2. Tom Brown
• Act I: Grouper (YC W12) — group-dating app.
• Act II: Anthropic — Valued at $380B
3. Patrick Collison
• Act I: Auctomatic (YC W07) — auction management tool acquired for $5M
• Act II: Stripe (YC S09) — Valued at $159B
4. Qasar Younis
• Act I: TalkBin (YC W11) — customer feedback platform acquired by Google
• Act II: Applied Intuition — Valued at $15B
5. Eric Glyman & Karim Atiyeh
• Act I: Paribus (YC S15) — price-tracking app acquired by Capital One
• Act II: Ramp — Valued at $32B
6. Parker Conrad
• Act I: Zenefits (YC W13) — Rippling 1.0
• Act II: Rippling (YC W17) — Valued at $16.8B
7. Daniel Gross
• Act I: Greplin (YC W10) — predictive search engine acquired for ~$40M by Apple.
• Act II: Safe Superintelligence — Valued at $32B
8. Howie Liu
• Act I: Etacts (YC W10) — crm tool acquired by Salesforce
• Act II: Airtable — Valued at $11.7B
9. Tom Blomfield
• Act I: GoCardless (YC S11) — b2b payment processor acquired for €1.05B
• Act II: Monzo — Valued at $5B+
10. Jesse Zhang
• Act I: Lowkey (YC S18) — gameplay recording app. Acquired by Niantic.
• Act II: Decagon — Valued at $4.5B
11. Immad Akhund
• Act I: Clickpass (S07) — acquired by Yola
• Act II: Heyzap (YC W09) — mobile ad network acquired for $45M
• Act III: Mercury — Valued at $3.5B
12. Rujul Zaparde
• Act I: FlightCar (YC W13) — airport car-sharing startup acquired by mercedes-benz
• Act II: Zip (YC S20) — Valued at $2.2B
13. Kyle Vogt
• Act I: Twitch (YC W07) — acquired by Amazon for $970M
• Act II: Cruise (YC W14) — Acquired by General Motors for $1B+
14. Emmett Shear & Justin Kan
• Act I: Kiko (YC S05) — calendar app famously auctioned off on eBay for $258k
• Act II: Twitch (YC W07) — Acquired by Amazon for $970M
The first protester in Iran to be sentenced to death by the regime.
26-year-old Erfan Soltani, a critic during the Fardis protests, received news that he has been sentenced to death.
Islamic law does not allow executions for protests.. Antosha is pushing people away from Islam!
Arsen Kazibekov retweeted
These Iranian children,women, men are the BRAVEST people in the world
Now over 16,000 innocent Iranians brutally murdered by Islamic Regime JUST this week.
This is the worst humanitarian crisis in the world.
The people silent are the most COWARDLY people in the world.
Arsen Kazibekov retweeted
If you claim to support human rights yet can’t bring yourself to show solidarity with those fighting for their liberty in Iran, you’ve revealed yourself. You don’t give a damn about people being oppressed and brutalised so long as it’s being done by the enemies of your enemies.
Arsen Kazibekov retweeted
Что я заметил, глядя на видео с иранских протестов – Иран это страна невероятно красивых и потрясающе отважных женщин. Свободным персиянкам однозначно чужд тот мрачный средневековый режим, который сейчас установился в стране, и рано или поздно они его одолеют.
Arsen Kazibekov retweeted
Today, @boomsupersonic’s XB-1 made its first supersonic flight, becoming the first civil supersonic jet made in America to break the sound barrier.
Congratulations to Boom Supersonic on this achievement, which is a milestone in the company’s goal of creating a supersonic airliner.
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