Kalam Dennis's guest appearances

Kalam Dennis

Y Combinator

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

Reham Fagiri

Reham Fagiri and Kalam Dennis are the founders of AptDeco, where you can buy and sell used furniture. They were in the YC Winter 2014 batch and you can find them at AptDeco.com.The YC podcast is hosted by Craig Cannon.***Topics0:21 - What is AptDeco?1:06 - Why did Reham and Kalam start it?2:51 - Were they considering other ideas?5:06 - How did they prepare to start AptDeco after business school/the corporate world?6:21 - Getting over the fear of starting9:21 - Communicating that they're starting something to friends and family14:21 - Starting a startup after business school17:21 - Helpful learnings from a more traditional business education27:21 - Early models of AptDeco vs today31:51 - AptDeco's customers34:06 - Brands and customer acquisition38:46 - Learning how to do delivery42:06 - Deciding not to warehouse furniture43:51 - Ideas that didn't work and some that worked on the second attempt48:21 - Analytics50:51 - Being a NYC company in YC52:11 - How to make the most of YC

<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/reham-fagiri-97683b1/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Reham Fagiri</a> and <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/kalam-dennis-641a7120/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kalam Dennis</a> are the founders of <a href="https://www.aptdeco.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">AptDeco</a>, where you can buy and sell used furniture. They were in the YC Winter 2014 batch and you can find them at <a href="https://www.aptdeco.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">AptDeco.com</a>. The YC podcast is hosted by <a href="https://twitter.com/craigcannon" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Craig Cannon</a>. *** Topics 0:21 - What is AptDeco? 1:06 - Why did Reham and Kalam start it? 2:51 - Were they considering other ideas? 5:06 - How did they prepare to start AptDeco after business school/the corporate world? 6:21 - Getting over the fear of starting 9:21 - Communicating that they're starting something to friends and family 14:21 - Starting a startup after business school 17:21 - Helpful learnings from a more traditional business education 27:21 - Early models of AptDeco vs today 31:51 - AptDeco's customers 34:06 - Brands and customer acquisition 38:46 - Learning how to do delivery 42:06 - Deciding not to warehouse furniture 43:51 - Ideas that didn't work and some that worked on the second attempt 48:21 - Analytics 50:51 - Being a NYC company in YC 52:11 - How to make the most of YC

#105 - Reham Fagiri and Kalam Dennis