Startup Guides

Hard-earned lessons from building Clearly AI.

Criteria to be included here:

  1. I've received this advice myself from a fellow founder

  2. I took this advice and I'm glad I did OR I didn't and I wish I had

  3. I've given this advice directly to fellow founders

  4. People ask me about this frequently

Getting Hired: What I wish every candidate knew

We just finished hiring across seven functions at Clearly AI. After reading hundreds of applications and interviewing candidates the same patterns kept showing up. Here's what I wish every job candidate knew.

How to Ace your YC Interview

Congratulations on being selected for an interview with YC! It's an incredible feat to make it this far. Read on for some advice on how to approach the interview.

Building a Company during a Family Emergency

Lessons from my past year, originally posted within YC.

Our YC Application

The complete unedited version of our YC application for S24.

11 Levels of Work-Life Balance

A completely non-scientific leveling system to work-life balance.

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