How 1 Company Built A TRILLION Dollar Portfolio: Behind YC’s Investment Strategy

The ideas in this video came from discussions with Paul Graham and other YC partners, about the power law distribution from VC investing.

Hi! I’m Rahul, a software engineer and founder with a passion for teaching.

Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
0:22 - Quick math around YC investment amount + return
2:03 - Why startup investing is counter-intuitive
3:51 - How Big Tech Cos evaluate product opportunities
5:05 - Going through YC S22 Batch

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[rocknroll]

A relaxed Rahul is a happy Rahul. Glad to see you back a little chilled compared to the other videos.

[skyhappy]

Insightful video, never knew that's how YC invested. Here's to a bright future to Taro! 🥂

[James_C_Park]

Awesome video! Would you mind if you upload this kind of informative startup video in the future?

Also, As an aspiring high school founder, I have some questions that I had for a long time. Do you have any ways to predict the future tech waves/trends so that my startup can hop into them?

[bananesalee]

what advantage do Taro have exactly ?
there's really a ton of SWE interview ressources, almost all faang SWE start a youtube channel / online courses scheme.

[James_C_Park]

Sam Altman always says that you want to hop into the waves, is it okay to launch a startup even if there aren't great waves?

[amateurmoghli]

Sincere question: What do you think TAM of Taro's current business is?

[kaleabwoldemariam]

I didn't know outliers matter, until I understand why.

[yasinnabi]

If you want to beat the market or become a millionaire, the first thing you need to do is, to get financial education. a fellow

[np]

Any advice for SDET's [Software Development Engineer in Test] to grow in their careers and achieve promotions

[Sanyu-Tumusiime]

time to go on YC careers to search for those 1 and 2 and get hired as an employee

[tkdevlop]

Is it really trillion dollars once investor is like 80-90% down?