1:19

Does YC Fund Solo Founders? - Jared Friedman

Name: Does YC Fund Solo Founders? - Jared Friedman
Uploaded: 2019-07-22T21:48:06.608Z
Duration: 1 min 19 s
Description: YC does fund solo founders; at least 10% of companies in each batch are solo-founder companies. The misconception arises from YC's advice that having cofounders is easier, but solo founders are accepted regularly. Dropbox and Zenefits both applied to YC as solo-founder companies and later added cofounders after acceptance.

From Y Combinator · Published Jul 22, 2019 · Watch on YouTube

TL;DR

YC does fund solo founders; at least 10% of companies in each batch are solo-founder companies. The misconception arises from YC's advice that having cofounders is easier, but solo founders are accepted regularly. Dropbox and Zenefits both applied to YC as solo-founder companies and later added cofounders after acceptance.

Key insights

At least 10% of YC’s per-batch companies are solo-founder companies.
YC’s standard advice—that starting with cofounders is easier—creates a misconception that they do not fund solo founders.
Dropbox and Zenefits were both founded by solo founders when they applied to YC; both added cofounders after acceptance.

Want the full analysis - every claim cited to the second it was said?

This page only shows a teaser. Sign up to chat with the complete, cited breakdown of "Does YC Fund Solo Founders? - Jared Friedman".

Chat with this video