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Michelle Zatlyn

10/15/14

@ Y Combinator

In the beginning, we had no money for servers, so we reached out to our community for donations, which led to us assembling our first servers from donated parts.

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Michelle Zatlyn and Matthew Prince at Startup School SV 2014

@ Y Combinator

Michelle Zatlyn and Matthew Prince at Startup School SV 2014

10/15/14

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Mark Zuckerberg

10/25/13

@ Y Combinator

The first server for Facebook cost $85, and we operated on a philosophy of not spending money we didn't have, which constrained our growth but allowed us to focus on product quality.

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Y Combinator Cast

07/06/18

@ Y Combinator

We are open to cryptocurrency donations to help cover server costs, but we primarily rely on community contributions and engagement.

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Eric Migicovsky

10/15/14

@ Y Combinator

We built our first working prototype with the help of friends and funding from pitch competitions, along with some support from my parents.

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Olivier Pomel

06/14/24

@ The Logan Bartlett Show

In the early days, we struggled to raise money, which taught us to focus on solving real problems and to build an efficient, profitable business from day one.

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Mark Zuckerberg

10/25/13

@ Y Combinator

When we started gaining users, we realized we needed to focus on managing our servers and operations, which led us to take time off from school.

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Reshma Shetty

06/01/16

@ Y Combinator

During our first year, we operated virtually and squatted at MIT while trying to generate enough funds to pay ourselves a stipend.

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Sequoia Capital Cast

12/05/24

@ Sequoia Capital

We leveraged early cloud infrastructure and open-source software to manage costs effectively, even before major cloud providers like AWS existed.

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Avni Patel Thompson

09/22/17

@ Y Combinator

I started with a simple tech stack using free tools to test my idea, which led to my first bookings and rapid growth in my service.

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Diane Greene

10/26/13

@ Y Combinator

We self-funded VMware initially, allowing only immediate family to invest, and later sought angel investors who were technically sophisticated and understood our vision.