Michael Seibel is a Group Partner at YC. He was the cofounder and CEO of Justin.tv and Socialcam. Socialcam sold to Autodesk in 2012 for $60m and under the leadership of Emmett Shear, Justin.tv became Twitch.tv and sold to Amazon in 2014 for $970m. Before getting into startups, he spent a year as the finance director for a US Senate campaign and in 2005, Michael graduated from Yale University with a BA in political science.
YC stats
- The YC companies Michael has worked with are worth a combined $192 billion.
- Michael has done 6,500 office hours with 1,745+ companies over the course of 21 batches.
- He has read over 17,000 YC applications and participated in over 3,100 YC interviews.
- He’s advised 50+ companies worth more than $500m including:
Recent posts
- The Real Product Market Fit
- YC's Essential Startup Advice
- Product Development Cycle Fundamentals
- How to Ask for Advice
- Users You Don't Want
- Fundraising Rounds Are Not Milestones
- Three Paths in the Tech Industry
- Why Should I Start a Startup
- Why Does Your Company Deserve More Money
- More posts by Michael Seibel
In the news
- Wired: How Y Combinator Changed the World
- Invest in the Best: Michael Seibel - Lessons from Thousands of Startups
- Wired: Airbnb's Surprising Path to Y Combinator
- Reuters: Startup fund Y Combinator increases global reach, diversity of entrepreneurs
- Forbes: Michael Seibel Becomes Reddit's First Black Board Member After Alexis Ohanian's Resignation
- TechCrunch: 'Hard truths in the game' and misconceptions about YC's position
- The Quest: From Twitch to Y Combinator Managing Director @Michael Seibel (2020)
Videos
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Building product
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How to build an MVP
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How to plan an MVP
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Dalton & Michael: How future billionaires get sh*t done
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Tarpit ideas - what are tarpit ideas & how to avoid them
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Dalton & Michael: Most important lifestyle habits of successful founders
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Inside the Group Partner Lounge: Top ways startups waste money
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What makes great founders stand out?
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How to get and test ideas
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How to split equity among co-founders
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Biggest mistakes first-time founders make
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Dalton & Michael: Why you should leave your FAANG job
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Best startup lessons from Y Combinator
A Decade of Learnings from Y Combinator