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Garry Tan · Business

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

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YOU can beat Google the way Amazon does. Here’s how.

09 Aug 2021
13m
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Garry Tan and Justin Kan (Twitch Co-Founder) Roast Startup Pitch Decks

29 Jul 2021
21m
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The Future of Care: Curing Loneliness with Garry Tan & Andrew Parker, Founder & CEO of Papa

22 Jul 2021
26m
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Garry Tan welcomes Parul Singh to Initialized: talent spotter for over $1B in startups

15 Jul 2021
29m
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There's Too Much Money in The World. Here's Why

12 Jul 2021
12m
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Level up your friends like billionaires do. Here's how to do it.

01 Jul 2021
10m
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Do It Yourself. Here's how REAL movements start, then change the world.

16 Jun 2021
14m
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What is Mimetic Theory? Philosophies of René Girard with Luke Burgis

01 Jun 2021
24m
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My 8 Best Startup tips from 10+ Years of Investing

26 May 2021
9m
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Funding the Next Unicorn: Building Initialized Capital with Jen Wolf

20 May 2021
28m
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Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong on Cryptocurrency and the Future of Decentralization

19 May 2021
44m
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How High-Res Space Imagery Will Change Everything | 10CM Satellite Imagery Explained

04 May 2021
15m
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You can be a VC (I’m hiring): How venture works & what it takes to fund billion dollar startups

22 Apr 2021
19m
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I funded Coinbase in 2012. Making 6000x on my best startup investment yet

14 Apr 2021
8m
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LEARN, EARN or QUIT | My job/career advice for 2022

07 Apr 2021
13m
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STOP Chasing Money -- Chase WEALTH. | How To get RICH | Garry Tan's Office Hours Ep. 4

31 Mar 2021
15m
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My failure as a manager: How to find your true self to make and manage the best teams

23 Mar 2021
13m
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Get Users to Do What You Want | The Future of Customer Service & Onboarding Customers w/ Cohere

17 Mar 2021
18m
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Cutting Edge Climate Tech | Fighting Global Warming & Greenhouse Gasses with Kairos Aerospace

26 Feb 2021
39m
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6 Startup Growth Strategies from a Forbes Top VC | Seed to Billion Dollar IPO | Office Hours Ep.3

22 Feb 2021
7m
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