Requests for Startups: Summer 2026 edition
What YC, a16z speedrun and ARK are signalling about the next wave of startups
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Requests for Startups 2026: What Top Investors Want Founders to Build
A curated 2026 requests-for-startups list covering the markets, product gaps, and investor theses founders should watch before raising.
Requests for Startups 2025 – Part 4
YC is a barometer for the startup world and this year I’ve been following closely their lists of “Requests for Startups” or RFS. You can find the previous lists from YC and other sources in part 1, part 2 and…
Extended Requests for Startups 2025 list
It’s only been a bit over a month since the start of 2025 past year has witnessed seismic shifts in technology, from breakthroughs in generative AI to emerging solutions in climate tech and healthcare. As we enter 2025, leading investors…
Requests for Startups in 2024
Build stuff people want
YC’s Guide to Series A
There are many good startup resources out there, and it can be confusing for founders to know which one to pay attention to. Well, here’s a good one for you! Y Combinator‘s Aaron Harris and Janelle Tam created a great resource for startups –…
Ycombinator’s top advice for founders
In a recent blog post, partners of Ycombinator distill the top advice for founders. In this short post I summarise the top nuggets with a simple common thread - focus on the things that will move your business forward and help you build a product that people want.
Startups for Startups: The Top B2B Tools Used by Startups
Why do so many founders build things no one wants? Because they begin by trying to think of startup ideas. – Paul Graham, Ycombinator Picks and Axes In his list of startup ideas for Ycombinator applicants, one category in particular…
“Indecent Proposal” For Startup Founders
Would you accept an offer of $8000 to build an MVP for that idea you've been toying with and had no balls to act upon. It seems that while the cost of creating a startup has significantly declined, and the barriers to entry enable literally almost anyone to start a technology startup, there's no substitute for the passion, focus and attention of the founding team and it's unlikely to be artificially produced in a "Lab" environment or by simply providing a small amount of capital.
“Pay with a Tweet” and Other Growth Hacking Examples
There are however, many clever ways to acquire users in the early stages, when your startup has no brand recognition. In the post, "Introduction to Growth Hacking for startups" we went through the basics of these techniques. Below are a few examples of startups that use Growth Hacking to get their word out and bring new users to their service.