Kat Mañalac's guest appearances

Kat Mañalac

Y Combinator

On The Rise 

Reid Hoffman

Elon Musk

Casey Neistat

Tim Urban

Emily Weiss

Brett Hagler

Liz Wessel

Anu Hariharan

Austen Allred

Geoff Ralston

Elad Gil

Mathilde Collin

Jocko Willink

Jack Dorsey

Ali Rowghani

OwlTail

YC's Kat Mañalac wants to change the way you think about launching. In her talk, she shares the multitude of ways to launch and get attention for your product, with tangible strategies and examples from companies like Airbnb.  Apply to Y Combinator: https://www.ycombinator.com/apply/

YC's Kat Mañalac wants to change the way you think about launching. In her talk, she shares the multitude of ways to launch and get attention for your product, with tangible strategies and examples from companies like Airbnb. Apply to Y Combinator: <a href="https://www.ycombinator.com/apply/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.ycombinator.com/apply/</a>

The Best Way To Launch Your Startup with Kat Mañalac | Startup School

On The Rise is a student-led podcast, which aims to inspire the next generation of leaders. Today we spoke with Kat Mañalac. Kat is a partner at Y Combinator, a top startup accelerator (1-2% acceptance rate) that has backed companies like Airbnb, Instacart, and Stripe. Kat heads YC's outreach initiatives and has worked with thousands of top YC startups. Kat discusses how she got started, the secret to YC's success, the skills founders need to be successful, tips for startups looking to apply for YC, fundraising do's and don'ts, and her advice for aspiring entrepreneurs. 

On The Rise is a student-led podcast, which aims to inspire the next generation of leaders. Today we spoke with Kat Mañalac. Kat is a partner at Y Combinator, a top startup accelerator (1-2% acceptance rate) that has backed companies like Airbnb, Instacart, and Stripe. Kat heads YC's outreach initiatives and has worked with thousands of top YC startups. Kat discusses how she got started, the secret to YC's success, the skills founders need to be successful, tips for startups looking to apply for YC, fundraising do's and don'ts, and her advice for aspiring entrepreneurs.

Kat Mañalac, Partner at Y Combinator

Gustaf Alströmer

We've cut down the fourth week of lectures to be even shorter and combined them into one podcast.First a lecture from Kat Manalac. Kat is a partner at YC. Her lecture focuses on how startups should think about launching and why you should do it repeatedly.Then a lecture from Gustaf Alströmer. Gustaf is also a partner at YC and in his lecture he covers how to measure product market fit and growth channels.Y Combinator invests a small amount of money ($150k) in a large number of startups (recently 200), twice a year.Learn more about YC and apply for funding here: https://www.ycombinator.com/apply/***Topics00:00 - Intro00:35 - Kat Mañalac - How to Launch (Again and Again)1:51 - Ways to launch2:14 - Why launch continuously?3:15 - Silent launch4:25 - Friends &amp; Family5:40 - Strangers7:03 - Online communities12:08 - Request access13:29 - Social media15:13 - Pre-order16:13 - New Product or Feature17:42 - Build your own community19:20 - Launching isn't one moment in time19:48 - Gustaf Alströmer - Growth for Startups21:06 - Most startups have nothing22:13 - Do things that don't scale27:13 - Startups take off because founders make them take off28:23 - Measuring product market fit31:20 - Retention34:33 - Worse ways to measure product market fit35:23 - Bad metrics to measure as product market fit36:18 - Growth channels and tactics38:17 - Conversion rate optimization41:26 - Growth channels to explore45:33 - Referrals and vitality48:05 - Paid growth50:09 - Search Engine Optimization53:00 - Making decisions using A/B testing55:02 - Summary

We've cut down the fourth week of lectures to be even shorter and combined them into one podcast. First <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xU050kMbHM" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">a lecture from Kat Manalac</a>. <a href="https://twitter.com/katmanalac" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kat</a> is a partner at YC. Her lecture focuses on how startups should think about launching and why you should do it repeatedly. Then a lecture from <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lY9CYIY4pQ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gustaf Alströmer</a>. <a href="https://twitter.com/gustaf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gustaf</a> is also a partner at YC and in his lecture he covers how to measure product market fit and growth channels. Y Combinator invests a small amount of money ($150k) in a large number of startups (recently 200), twice a year. Learn more about YC and apply for funding here: <a href="https://www.ycombinator.com/apply/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.ycombinator.com/apply/</a> *** Topics 00:00 - Intro 00:35 - Kat Mañalac - How to Launch (Again and Again) 1:51 - Ways to launch 2:14 - Why launch continuously? 3:15 - Silent launch 4:25 - Friends &amp; Family 5:40 - Strangers 7:03 - Online communities 12:08 - Request access 13:29 - Social media 15:13 - Pre-order 16:13 - New Product or Feature 17:42 - Build your own community 19:20 - Launching isn't one moment in time 19:48 - Gustaf Alströmer - Growth for Startups 21:06 - Most startups have nothing 22:13 - Do things that don't scale 27:13 - Startups take off because founders make them take off 28:23 - Measuring product market fit 31:20 - Retention 34:33 - Worse ways to measure product market fit 35:23 - Bad metrics to measure as product market fit 36:18 - Growth channels and tactics 38:17 - Conversion rate optimization 41:26 - Growth channels to explore 45:33 - Referrals and vitality 48:05 - Paid growth 50:09 - Search Engine Optimization 53:00 - Making decisions using A/B testing 55:02 - Summary

#145 - Startup School Week 4 Recap - Kat Mañalac and Gustaf Alströmer