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Michael Seibel

Michael Seibel
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Michael Seibel is a Group Partner at YC. He was the cofounder and CEO of Justin.tv and Socialcam. Socialcam sold to Autodesk in 2012 for $60m and under the leadership of Emmett Shear, Justin.tv became Twitch.tv and sold to Amazon in 2014 for $970m. Before getting into startups, he spent a year as the finance director for a US Senate campaign and in 2005, Michael graduated from Yale University with a BA in political science.

YC stats

  • The YC companies Michael has worked with are worth a combined $192 billion.
  • Michael has done 6,500 office hours with 1,745+ companies over the course of 21 batches.
  • He has read over 17,000 YC applications and participated in over 3,100 YC interviews.
  • He’s advised 50+ companies worth more than $500m including:
Bellabeat logoAlgolia logoEasyPost logoGoldbelly logoPanorama Education logoEquipmentShare logoInstawork logoHuman Interest logoMux logoOpentrons logoApollo.io logoSendbird logoBillionToOne logoSquire Technologies logoBird logoRippling logoBrex logoFAZZ logoFlock Safety logoShogun logoPromise logoBioRender logoCaptivateIQ logoVeriff logoMutiny logoKalshi logoPostscript logoMiddesk logoShef logoSupabase logo

Videos

Building product
59:06
Building product
1M views
Over 1 year ago
How to build an MVP
16:53
How to build an MVP
933K views
1 year ago
How to plan an MVP
13:50
How to plan an MVP
689K views
Over 1 year ago
Dalton & Michael: How future billionaires get sh*t done
20:27
Dalton & Michael: How future billionaires get sh*t done
631K views
Over 1 year ago
Tarpit ideas - what are tarpit ideas & how to avoid them
29:00
Tarpit ideas - what are tarpit ideas & how to avoid them
576K views
Over 1 year ago
Dalton & Michael: Most important lifestyle habits of successful founders
32:01
Dalton & Michael: Most important lifestyle habits of successful founders
385K views
Over 1 year ago
Inside the Group Partner Lounge: Top ways startups waste money
28:14
Inside the Group Partner Lounge: Top ways startups waste money
320K views
Over 1 year ago
What makes great founders stand out?
5:53
What makes great founders stand out?
318K views
Over 1 year ago
How to get and test ideas
6:21
How to get and test ideas
296K views
Over 1 year ago
How to split equity among co-founders
4:18
How to split equity among co-founders
294K views
Over 1 year ago
Biggest mistakes first-time founders make
7:03
Biggest mistakes first-time founders make
289K views
Over 1 year ago
The real product-market fit
13:18
The real product-market fit
230K views
Over 1 year ago