Day in the Life of Y Combinator President & CEO Garry Tan during the first week of W24 batch

Come behind the scenes of Y Combinator during the very first week of the batch. Join me in Sonoma during a 3 day retreat where all the founders get to meet each other - one of the secrets to YC's success.

I'm Garry Tan, President & CEO at Y Combinator. I was an engineer, designer and product manager who turned into a founder and investor, and now I want to help you in your journey to build technology that changes the world. These videos are about helping people build world-class teams and startups that touch a billion people.

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[dutch.migrant]

That's my dream. I'm from a small city, immigrated several times. Applied to YC 3rd time now, and hope to get into batch. If not - will try until I do get accepted. I have never ever had the opportunity to feel what I've just seen in this video. Amazing.

[realmckaywrigley]

You have the best energy ever, Gary. Infectious.

[pandalife]

It's very nice and inspiring to see how you take care and engage freely with the founders. I'm currently in the process of building my strtup. And, My aim and hope is to one day become a YC founder.

Anyway thanks for always educting and informing us. Respect and much appreciated Garry .
💯

[harkirat]

Day in the life of a YC founder during the first week would do much better on Youtube! People like seeing what they relate to. Love the content btw!

[_joseph.gabriel_]

loved being there with you all! thanks so much for having me. I gotta find some TuPac to put into the next playlists 🤣

[GameThinkingTV]

Really well done - passionate, pleasurable & persuasive. Kudos Garry & team!

[chrishallnyc]

Can't wait to see more vlogs! It was awesome to see behind the scenes of YC

[ishangoswami]

*You should continue this series of going through a day with YC batch*

[ren]

Amazing video! I am not even involved in the SF tech scene but love seeing what the behind the scenes of the stepping stones of what these amazing people are about to create for the world!

[heyiammike]

Fantastic. Thank you for sharing this. It looks phenomenal.

[tylerpixel]

This is incredible Garry! Being part of such a tight-knit community of builders is what I dream about. Inspiring.

[MB-tzby]

Awesome thanks for giving us this inside peek into YC Gary!

[Friday]

This is some high quality video and Content Thank you Garry I hope to join you someday!!

[horizonpathak]

This is my ultimate goal of getting here just to take this vibe of building with the best and under the guidance of Garry .

[loopless]

please bring more videos like this, love these videos .

[mohamedrasvi]

Wow i have been watching your videos from the beginning, you really improved your video quality

Awesome contents

[george_davituri]

imagine being a part of this community, it’s next level: mentoring, network, opportunity and much more. 😊⭐️

[JOMELLO]

About to launch our startup soon. It's a social networking app targeting a niche. Will be applying to YC for Winter 2025. We used Garry's Channel and the main YC channel to help us refine our business strategy.

[AnthonySistilli]

Casually bumping into PB at breakfast sounds like the start to a dream day

[robbie_stevens_]

Please do more of these behind the scenes! It's great :)