The Sunday Times’ tech correspondent brings on Michael Seibel, chief executive of Y Combinator, the storied Silicon Valley startup bootcamp, to talk about why chaotic markets are good for startups (3:50), how he ended up at YC (6:20), the importance of clarity (7:50), why it’s both easier and harder than ever to launch a company (9:10), the power of the big guys (11:35), the need for regulation (13:45), what has changed since he arrived to Silicon Valley in 2006 (18:05), why bigger is better for YC’s model (20:30), peak accelerator (24:05), getting pitched his own idea (26:10), tackling the diversity challenge (27:30), tech’s number one problem (30:10), how startups are like the NBA (34:30), stupidity vs genius (37:00), how Facebook and Google are cautionary tales (39:30), competing against Big Tech’s money (42:45), artificial intelligence (46:40), and whether scooters are overhyped (49:20)
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Archer Aviation’s Brett Adcock and Adam Goldstein: “The world is rooting for our air taxis”
Bonus Episode; Secrets of the Side Hustle- Tech for good with OLIO co-founder Tessa Clarke
Whatnot’s Grant Lafontaine: “Creating an eBay for millennials”
Gridware’s Tim Barat: “A Fitbit for power poles”
Yield Guild Games’ Gabby Dizon: “This video game is saving lives”
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Jim Mellon: "Cultured meat will be bigger than electric vehicles"
BitBio’s Mark Kotter: “A single cell to feed the world”
DoNotPay's Josh Browder: "San Francisco is a sinking ship"
Beacon's Fraser Robinson: "The more swear words people use to describe a problem, the bigger the opportunity"
Gitlab’s Sid Sidbrandij: “Meetings are expensive”
Cade Metz: “The human didn’t have a chance”
Larva Labs’ Matt Hall: “Creating cryptopunks"
Terraformation’s Yishan Wong: “Forest as a service”
Alchemy's Nikil Viswanathan: "NFTs are the future"
Tim O'Reilly: "Silicon Valley: turning idealists into monopolists"
Chargepoint's Pat Romano: "We just had to wait it out"
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