We have been following YC Podcasts/Hacker News for quite some time.
I have been building tech companies since 2007 and known about YC since then. In 2012, I applied with my last company (SupportBee) but didn’t make it in.
Paul Graham Essays
Online and through friends
Immersing ourselves in YouTube content.
CouchSurfing Meetup back in NY 2015 from a now Founder of a backed company at Y Combinator
When researching how to go into tech entrepreneurship. When the non-profit program was released, lots of our users sent it to us.
Reading PG's essay's over the years and being early employees at YC companies.
Hacker News.
First from Rich and Bill @ WePay back in the day
Alex Rampell told me about you in 2006.
Its well known in the startup community, we also did summer school last year
met alumni
I heard about YC through my cofounder Phelim (psb31), who had heard about it from his friend Mark Moriarty (mbym).
It's all over the startup ecosystem
I was always interested in Silicon Valley.
Last year of my college (2015). Been following it since then.
YCombinator hackathon + Startup School + YC Podcast
From immersing myself in the startup ecosystem over the years
Who doesn't know Y Combinator?
So many of my friends have gone through Y Combinator and they rave about it. Founders of Gusto, Flexport, Weave, Muse, Experiment, Tenjin, Innerspace, ProductHunt, Memebox.
Yellow Pages
been on hacker news since 2007