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SPECIAL GUEST GUIDE
About the Founder Series
About the get-togther
The Alumni Founders group (3,000 YCombinator Alumni) hosts a monthly virtual series where we invite the most impressive tech founders in the world to join us as special guests.
Following the Y Combinator dinner tradition, this is a intimate conversation among founders & tech leaders and is designed as a Zoom call, not a webinar.
It’s carried out as a fireside chat for 30 minutes plus a 20 minute Q&A.
Sample questions for the fireside chat.
Attendees
Attendees
The typical attendee is a venture-backed early stage YC founder ($1M - $500M raised).
30% of the attendees are women founders.
Sample Questions
Sampe Questons
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Could you take us back to your early upbringing, and what initially attracted you to the tech/founder world?
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If you were to break down the success of your company into a couple of important moments/milestones, what would those be?
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I’m sure you have a big notebook of “lessons learned & pitfalls to avoid”. What were a couple of mistakes that you were able to avoid this time around?
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What keeps you at night now vs. when you started your first business?
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Was there an aha! moment before building your company? Were there product pivots?
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Do you feel you need to have relevant experience to launch a successful business in a specific industry?
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Can you share with us one of your bigger obstacles/challenges during the early years of the company?
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What have you enjoyed the most about being a founder? The least?
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Can you give us a sense of what your life will look like 20 years from now? Are there overarching goals you want to accomplish?
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