Slightly off topic, but something like the "Office Hours" that Kevin & Qasar did, more of a vlog, would be amazing. Favorite part of the event.
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Ask HN: Restarting the YC Podcast – who would be most interesting to listen to?
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Re: Ask HN: Restarting the YC Podcast – who would be most interesting to listen to?
#142YC harc folks (e.g. Bret Victor, Yoshiko ohshima ) -theyve shaped technology but afaik they don't do many interviews Vinay Gupta - hexayurt dude / blockchain evangelizer now trying to start an accelerator Mariana mazzucato - economist, author of rethinking capitalism
Bret's definitely on the list! Hope we can make that happen.
Thanks for the suggestions!
Re: Ask HN: Restarting the YC Podcast – who would be most interesting to listen to?
#143I don't have suggestions for specific people but my favorite episodes so far were ones where the founders went more in-depth into their industries; eg Docker, Plaid, Flexport. Also enjoyed the ones where they talk about how they got their first users. In many episodes the conversation I felt skipped this or spent too little time on it.
More early stuff is definitely a trend in this thread.
Re: Ask HN: Restarting the YC Podcast – who would be most interesting to listen to?
#144I don't do podcasts, I vastly prefer the written word: * I can scan quickly. * I can search for things. * It's easier for me to read things than listen. I don't drive much, so don't have dead time when I can only listen.
There are definitely transcription options we can check out.
Re: Ask HN: Restarting the YC Podcast – who would be most interesting to listen to?
#145Me. You should interview me. Because I'm awesome.
:)
Re: Ask HN: Restarting the YC Podcast – who would be most interesting to listen to?
#146Can tell you what I don't want to hear, which is easier for me. Not another tech podcast with hosts who sound bored. Not another tech podcast that can't be arsed to put in the work to get good sound quality. Not another tech podcast where each episode interviews yet another person about 'what they're working on' with no larger story. And please if you have ads, dear god don't fall down the hole of writing or reading…
The "no, really, this is a personal endorsement, I use the product all the time" podcast ads really put me off too, but I'm not sure there's a better alternative. One of the great things about podcasts, for me, is the immersion. I think the "personal" ads are there more to sustain immersion rather than to fool the audience about the nature of the ad.
That was how I thought, who could really believe these ads are actually personal endorsements, until I read a thread about people being angry about a podcast with ads from 99 designs.
Some people really haven't developed the means to distingish host from ad. I can't really blame them, take the casper ads and the ads for one of those stupidly expensive boxed dinner companies. How many podcasts actually say 'hey we got this stuff we're talking up for free'
Meh, just pisses me off. I don't want podcast umbrellas to die due to what i find to be naive and shady ad practices.
Re: Ask HN: Restarting the YC Podcast – who would be most interesting to listen to?
#147pg - can't get enough of his advice
Re: Ask HN: Restarting the YC Podcast – who would be most interesting to listen to?
#148I'd love to hear more detail - the past podcasts were interesting but largely fluff. Maybe post a thread on HN asking for volunteers who post a description of their startup and you do live office hours with the highest voted startup each week. On the question of who it would be cool to hear from, I'd love to hear from YC alums talking about their YC experience, not just a sentence about it but going into detail about…
K. What about the YC experience do you want to know more about?
Assuming you were in YC:
1. Give examples of things you were advised to do differently that added value
2. What did you notice in other startups from your batch that made them succeed?
3. What did you notice in other startups from your batch that made them fail?
4. Any funny stories?
5. What would you have done differently over the course of the YC program if you could do it over again?
Re: Ask HN: Restarting the YC Podcast – who would be most interesting to listen to?
#149Deepgram because their interview would be very meta, they just raised $1.9M, and they're a YC company: http://deepgram.com
Re: Ask HN: Restarting the YC Podcast – who would be most interesting to listen to?
#150Craig, I thought about it more. Hearing about customer development and the nitty gritty details of how the startup reached product market fit would be some details I would like to hear an in depth discussion on.