James Lindenbaum
Heroku
"We're so busy, I don't even know where I'll be next week, let alone 10 years out."
Heroku
"We're so busy, I don't even know where I'll be next week, let alone 10 years out."
Aaron Iba
AppJet
"I was so motivated to work that I got repetitive strain injuries in my wrists."
AppJet
"I was so motivated to work that I got repetitive strain injuries in my wrists."
Ryan Junee
Omnisio
"We were in business just eight months before selling to Google. I guess it shows that the best way to sell your company is not to try."
Omnisio
"We were in business just eight months before selling to Google. I guess it shows that the best way to sell your company is not to try."
Savraj Dhanjal
Wattvision
"One of the hard things about Y Combinator is forcing yourself to get things done after it ends. It feels like you've lost something."
Wattvision
"One of the hard things about Y Combinator is forcing yourself to get things done after it ends. It feels like you've lost something."
Sam Altman
Loopt
"We've grown a lot since Y Combinator. We have 40 employees and a real office. But it's a cheap office."
Loopt
"We've grown a lot since Y Combinator. We have 40 employees and a real office. But it's a cheap office."
Jason Yan
Disqus
"The weekly dinners provide the nutrients we don't get during the rest of the week."
Disqus
"The weekly dinners provide the nutrients we don't get during the rest of the week."
Steve Huffman
Reddit
"I can't comment on the acquisition price."
"I can't comment on the acquisition price."
David Rusenko
Weebly
"I see myself starting, building, and growing companies for the rest of my life. Once you get started, it's strangly addictive."
Weebly
"I see myself starting, building, and growing companies for the rest of my life. Once you get started, it's strangly addictive."
Trip Adler
Scibd
"We have over 60 million unique users a month. We're on our way to being one of the top 10 websites on the Internet."
Scibd
"We have over 60 million unique users a month. We're on our way to being one of the top 10 websites on the Internet."
Justin Kan
Justin.tv
"We hardly spent any money. We had four people in a two-bedroom apartment. Our CEO was sleeping on the balcony."
Justin.tv
"We hardly spent any money. We had four people in a two-bedroom apartment. Our CEO was sleeping on the balcony."
Jay Moon
Foodoro
"We're like a cockroach. We've got to hustle to survive this economic nuclear winter."
Foodoro
"We're like a cockroach. We've got to hustle to survive this economic nuclear winter."
Jason Miao
thesixtyone
"We have 25,000 independent bands streaming music on our site and 140,000 unique users per month. We're ramen profitable."
thesixtyone
"We have 25,000 independent bands streaming music on our site and 140,000 unique users per month. We're ramen profitable."
Drew Houston
Dropbox
"In 10 years, I hope to be in a beach-front grass hut on Maui, with Wi-Fi and a ukulele."
Dropbox
"In 10 years, I hope to be in a beach-front grass hut on Maui, with Wi-Fi and a ukulele."
Adam Wiggins
Heroku
"The era of massive companies is winding down. The future belongs to small firms that can rapidly adapt to new technologies."
Heroku
"The era of massive companies is winding down. The future belongs to small firms that can rapidly adapt to new technologies."
Garry Tan
Posterous
"I remember grabbing pizza late at night with about a dozen other start-up founders and thinking, Holy crap, these people all want to create things that people love."
Posterous
"I remember grabbing pizza late at night with about a dozen other start-up founders and thinking, Holy crap, these people all want to create things that people love."