A talk with Y Combinator Partner Gustaf Alstromer. Before YC, Gustaf spent 4.5 years at Airbnb where he worked as a Product Lead on the Growth team, a team he helped start in 2012. Prior to Airbnb, Gustaf was Head of Growth at Voxer, and before that, he was CEO & co-founder of Heysan, which was part of the YC W07 batch.

Gustaf will cover some of the myths that exist around starting startups, what you should do while you’re still in school if you want to start a company, and he’ll talk about how YC can help you get started.

Amy Chiu is the founder of Dear Brightly, a platform that offers prescription skin products online.Their mission is to get people access to the most effective, dermatologist vetted skincare products for healthy skin, using technology. Amy will talk about her startup journey and YC experience. Gustaf and Amy will also spend time answering your questions.

This event is hosted by the McKelvey School of Engineering.

Event Format: 

• 5 minute introduction by University
• 5 minute YC introduction by YC Partner, Gustaf Alstromer
• 20 minute fireside chat with YC Partner, Gustaf Alstromer & DearBrightly Founder Amy Chiu
• 30 minutes open live Q&A

About YC: Y Combinator is a startup fund based in Mountain View, CA. Twice a year YC invests a small amount of money in a large number of startups. The YC partners work closely with each company to get them into the best possible shape and refine their pitch to investors. Each batch culminates in Demo Day, when the startups present their companies to a carefully selected audience of investors. Y Combinator has invested in over 2,500 companies including Stripe, Airbnb, Instacart, Dropbox, Reddit, Coinbase and Ginkgo Bioworks. The combined valuation of YC companies is over $150B.

Registration Link: https://ycombinator.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAudeCvqDosHNYtY6nVDzbjpuHH4Ld7ld_r