Work at a Startup Expo 2019

Event Introduction and Schedule13:48

Quick round of applause for the companies. It's 2 o'clock; keep on time with a lot ahead. Schedule: opening remarks, Jeff (new president of Y Combinator) on why join YC and work at startups, then first half of pitches (first 20, 2 minutes each), quick intermission, next 20, then around 4 o'clock move back to the room to meet founders and products.

Ryan's Introduction14:31

Hi, I'm Ryan. Sent emails with magic links (felt like spam, forgive me). Job at Y Combinator: help founders and YC ecosystem find and work with amazing engineers.

Ryan's Background at Salesforce15:30

Graduated college, seventh engineer at Salesforce.com (50-person company), worked directly with Marc Benioff, Parker Harris. Built API for developers (Marc's idea), first marketing suite, first internal billing system (twice). Learned more than entire career elsewhere.

Ryan's Career and Offer to Chat16:30

Engage with engineers from colleges, startup sign-ups. Love chatting about engineering (8 years at Salesforce, grew with company), engineering management (ran team at Zora, went public last year; most satisfying finding great people, putting in roles to excel). Also products/platforms (PM at Lyft: platform PM, identity PM, IPO PM; partner engineering, developer advocacy). Curious about PM transition? Grousing about PMs? Chat. Startups: work at YC, started YC company, another after; career at startups big/small; MBA at MIT (entrepreneurship/innovation). Email: ryan@yc. Coffee, office, abroad—how can I help?