How To Perfectly Pitch Your Seed Stage Startup With Y Combinator's Michael Seibel

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  • Опубліковано 4 жов 2023
  • Discover the best ways for a seed-stage startup to pitch to investors and successfully fundraise from Y Combinator’s Michael Seibel.
    Any founder you talk to likely remembers every investor who said no to them.
    Those founders hold a special kind of “not hatred,” says Michael Seibel, Managing Director and Group Partner at Y Combinator, but a special kind of something for those investors and a desire to prove them wrong.
    If you’re a seed-stage startup, Michael shares the best ways for you to present your company to startup investors.
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  • @Play-Date-Care
    @Play-Date-Care 7 місяців тому +107

    Watching this right before I'm about to "design" my pitch deck, lol, saved me lots of time and avoided lots of unnecessary work

    • @MrMehrd
      @MrMehrd 4 місяці тому

      Yea it is called google magic recommender system algorithm.

    • @anthonyerdenetuguldur5609
      @anthonyerdenetuguldur5609 3 місяці тому +5

      You are lucky, I wish I had this video two years ago.
      No wonder my first startup seed raise failed.
      I am going to use the lessons learned here and the advices I got in the past to perfect my pitch for my next startup.

    • @moh-jx4ls
      @moh-jx4ls 2 місяці тому

      tell me more about ur start up@@anthonyerdenetuguldur5609

    • @ankurkumarsrivastava6958
      @ankurkumarsrivastava6958 14 днів тому

      I am also watching this before creating my pitch deck.

    • @J35Y1
      @J35Y1 10 днів тому

      ​@anthonyerdenetuguldur5609 what start up did you try to pitch? also to YC or another VC?

  • @owenmcallister6948
    @owenmcallister6948 2 місяці тому +52

    Thank you Michael - I just won the London Business School Booster Pitch Nights and your advice was instrumental.

  • @Leoninhk
    @Leoninhk 7 місяців тому +43

    you can tell when advise is from someone who's been there, and this is it. great stuff

  • @keithrandrade
    @keithrandrade Місяць тому +7

    Been in SaaS sales for reputable pre and post IPO companies and can attest, this is spot on.

  • @radical187
    @radical187 4 місяці тому +10

    Awesome presentation! Pure gold starting at 7:09 - that's so true!

  • @okikiayoalogba406
    @okikiayoalogba406 6 місяців тому +57

    "80% accurate, 100% clear"

  • @lewissheridan
    @lewissheridan 2 місяці тому +2

    This is literally gold. Thank you

  • @dkia
    @dkia 2 місяці тому +1

    Michael you're such a G! Love watching you speak

  • @MrMehrd
    @MrMehrd 7 місяців тому +18

    22:52 when you see pick of interest in part of your pitch go with it,stick to it and get them talking.
    Most important part of your this video.

  • @organizer14
    @organizer14 Місяць тому +2

    Great points, thanks for valuable coaching!

  • @zzzacupuncture3546
    @zzzacupuncture3546 3 місяці тому +1

    Thanks lot for real Experience share. Real start up need working on.

  • @_cocoalabs
    @_cocoalabs 6 місяців тому +3

    This was fantastic

  • @eliporter3980
    @eliporter3980 2 місяці тому +1

    I'm planning on developing an AI app and this is helpful. I'm working on building an MVP now and I'm planning on attending a pitch even in the next few weeks.

  • @sashalevochkin
    @sashalevochkin 4 місяці тому +2

    Extremaly helpful. Even though I dont get why quoting reports is bad for market size explanation:)

  • @DrringHealth
    @DrringHealth 2 місяці тому +3

    Thank you, this is pure gold!

    • @Saastr
      @Saastr  2 місяці тому +1

      Glad you enjoyed it!

  • @rembautimes8808
    @rembautimes8808 2 місяці тому +1

    Great talk and insights. KISS principles reinforced.

  • @daveb4446
    @daveb4446 7 місяців тому +10

    Great advice

  • @Aryan_Divyanshu_000
    @Aryan_Divyanshu_000 6 місяців тому +2

    Insightful

  • @TheAIEpiphany
    @TheAIEpiphany 3 місяці тому +1

    thanks Michael!

  • @stevenfoster9402
    @stevenfoster9402 4 місяці тому

    Gold. This is gold.

  • @carlomoretti.x
    @carlomoretti.x 4 місяці тому +1

    AMAZING

  • @NjofieWilson
    @NjofieWilson 4 місяці тому +2

    Insightful and very helpful.

    • @Saastr
      @Saastr  4 місяці тому

      Glad you think so!

  • @ralphmaxi2463
    @ralphmaxi2463 7 місяців тому +4

    Really interesting stuffs

  • @streetfashiontv9149
    @streetfashiontv9149 4 місяці тому

    Good talk

  • @davidsalas-gx9eh
    @davidsalas-gx9eh Місяць тому

    Amazing

  • @Friday4
    @Friday4 5 місяців тому +7

    Found some free gold here

  • @saidubundu6392
    @saidubundu6392 2 місяці тому +1

    i just lluv the way he keeps saying f**k you lol

  • @johnheaney3349
    @johnheaney3349 4 місяці тому +3

    Is it normal to drop so many f-bombs during a pitch?

  • @eleken.agency
    @eleken.agency 4 місяці тому +5

    Haha, the 'just ask' part is hilarious and so true! It's wild how something as simple as asking can open so many doors, not just in pitching but in life in general. Reminds me of that story about Steve Jobs when he was 12 - cold calling Bill Hewlett after finding his number in a phonebook, asking for spare parts for a project. And it worked, of course!
    Now, do I have the guts to do something similar? Of course not 😅

  • @not_serious_bro
    @not_serious_bro 5 місяців тому +2

    why don’t i like his vibe no idea 🤷‍♂️

  • @iamiqbal
    @iamiqbal 3 місяці тому +3

    Good insights but i am surprised on the use of F so many times. That’s strictly NO

  • @therealjayz8036
    @therealjayz8036 7 місяців тому +7

    Reposting old videos ?

    • @Saastr
      @Saastr  7 місяців тому +3

      no but we edit and update the live streams from Annual

    • @row_timi
      @row_timi 7 місяців тому +2

      @@SaastrI couldna sworn I saw the same video posted a few weeks back

    • @agulannajosemaria4490
      @agulannajosemaria4490 7 місяців тому

      You're not alone@@row_timi

    • @Saastr
      @Saastr  7 місяців тому +2

      @@row_timinot posted but we did stream it along with another video and they are together on Live tab. we then edit the top ones and put them out. but yeah not different, just edited from Live

  • @mohitsingha1809
    @mohitsingha1809 4 місяці тому +1

    Good presentation will save people time on their pitch, only thing is the presenter has used the f word too many times, maybe he needs to learn more English!

  • @nickfleming3719
    @nickfleming3719 3 місяці тому

    This sounds like a massive distraction. I'm not in the business of selling shares to investors, I'm in the business of serving my customers.

    • @StrandedKnight84
      @StrandedKnight84 2 місяці тому +3

      Raising capital is a huge distraction, but sometimes a necessary one.

    • @dukensonguerrier5369
      @dukensonguerrier5369 Місяць тому +1

      This is where delegation becomes useful. Progress can't stop because capital is being raised. Furthermore, your startup isn't just YOU. While you're raising capital your co-founders should be doing whatever is necessary to gain more users/solve users problems.