Michael Seibel is a partner and the CEO of YC. He cofounded Justin.tv, which was in the winter 2007 batch and Socialcam, which was in the winter 2012 batch. https://twitter.com/mwseibel

In this video Michael comments on his essay Why Does Your Company Deserve More Money? https://blog.ycombinator.com/why-does-your-company-deserve-more-money/

The YC podcast is hosted by Craig Cannon - https://twitter.com/craigcannon

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Topics

00:00 - Why Does Your Company Deserve More Money

1:00 - A team, a product, and an office are all just a means to an end

2:00 - If you don’t really deserve money, what is an alternate path to create leverage?

3:45 - Breaking even at Justin.tv was a moment of infinite clarity

6:00 - Series A program and leverage