How to Get and Evaluate Startup Ideas

How to Get and Evaluate Startup Ideas

Y Combinator Startup School

November 2022

YC Group Partner Jared Friedman shares a framework for how to get and evaluate startup ideas.

He shares many examples of YC companies and the inside stories of how they came up with the ideas that turned into billion dollar companies.

Even if you have an existing idea, this talk helps founders confirm that their idea is good and/or provides a framework for a future pivot.

00:00 - Finding a promising idea

00:51 - Where does this advice come from?

01:44 - 4 common mistakes

06:29 - 10 key questions to ask about any startup idea

14:40 - 3 things that make your startup idea good

19:42 - How to come up with startup ideas

21:25 - 7 recipes for generating startup ideas

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Startup Business Models and Pricing

Startup Business Models and Pricing

Y Combinator Startup School

December 2022

YC Group Partner Aaron Epstein talks about different startup business models, how to monetize and how to price your product.

Pricing and monetization is one of the most common questions from founders. This talk outlines 9 business models of successful unicorn startups and highlights business model lessons from top YC companies.

00:00 - Intro

00:13 - Outline

00:42 - 9 business models

02:28 - Business model lessons

09:42 - Overall lessons

16:06 - 5 pricing insights

29:15 - Story of segment - how to charge for your product

32:00 - Key pricing insights

For more details on the 9 business models, see YC's business model guide:

https://www.ycombinator.com/library/Gh-business-model-guide

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GDC 2021 | State of Cloud Gaming

State of Cloud Gaming

GDC 2021

In this GDC 2021 talk, Polystream’s Adam Billyard shares who have been the biggest players in cloud gaming from over the past decade, and what we know of and can learn from their technology and business stories.

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Podcast | Jed York, CEO of the San Francisco 49ers

Podcast with Jed York

CEO of the San Francisco 49ers

August 2022

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