
Garry Tan
Hi, I'm Garry Tan —I'm President & CEO of Y Combinator. I'm a designer, engineer, and investor in early stage startups. Previously Founder & Managing Partner of Initialized Capital, an early stage venture capital fund that was earliest in Coinbase and Instacart. Before that, I was a a partner at Y Combinator. Invested in and directly worked with over 700 companies the earliest possible stage, often just an idea. I cofounded Posterous and helped build it to a world-class website used by millions. (Acquired by Twitter) I also helped build the engineering team for Palantir Technology's quant finance analysis platform, and designed the current Palantir logo and wordmark. I love building things. Forbes Midas List 2019 through 2022 🚀
Episodes


Garry Tan and Justin Kan (Twitch Co-Founder) Roast Startup Pitch Decks

The Future of Care: Curing Loneliness with Garry Tan & Andrew Parker, Founder & CEO of Papa

Garry Tan welcomes Parul Singh to Initialized: talent spotter for over $1B in startups

There's Too Much Money in The World. Here's Why

Level up your friends like billionaires do. Here's how to do it.

Do It Yourself. Here's how REAL movements start, then change the world.

What is Mimetic Theory? Philosophies of René Girard with Luke Burgis

My 8 Best Startup tips from 10+ Years of Investing

Funding the Next Unicorn: Building Initialized Capital with Jen Wolf

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong on Cryptocurrency and the Future of Decentralization

How High-Res Space Imagery Will Change Everything | 10CM Satellite Imagery Explained

You can be a VC (I’m hiring): How venture works & what it takes to fund billion dollar startups

I funded Coinbase in 2012. Making 6000x on my best startup investment yet

LEARN, EARN or QUIT | My job/career advice for 2022
In this podcast episode, the speaker highlights the vital balance between learning and earning in your career. They stress that focusing on skill development—whether in "making" fields like design and engineering or "hustling" areas like sales and marketing—is essential for long-term success. While making money is impo...

STOP Chasing Money -- Chase WEALTH. | How To get RICH | Garry Tan's Office Hours Ep. 4

My failure as a manager: How to find your true self to make and manage the best teams

Get Users to Do What You Want | The Future of Customer Service & Onboarding Customers w/ Cohere

Cutting Edge Climate Tech | Fighting Global Warming & Greenhouse Gasses with Kairos Aerospace

6 Startup Growth Strategies from a Forbes Top VC | Seed to Billion Dollar IPO | Office Hours Ep.3
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