Top Startup Pivot Stories from Experts π
Discover how successful startups pivoted to thrive. Experts share their favorite stories of strategic change and growth.

Y Combinator
153.2K views β’ Jul 21, 2023

About this video
You might think that pivoting is something done only by the startups that donβt make it. In reality, a huge number of the best startups pivoted.
In this first episode of our new series, Office Hours, Y Combinator Group Partners share their favorite stories of entrepreneurs who pivoted and went on to build game-changing companies. The group of startup experts also share their own pivot stories and help answer the questions: How do you know if itβs time for your startup to pivotβand how will you know if that next idea is the one?
Apply to Y Combinator: https://yc.link/OfficeHours-apply
Work at a startup: https://yc.link/OfficeHours-jobs
Chapters (Powered by https://bit.ly/chapterme-yc) -
00:00 - Intro: How To Pivot
00:37 - Favorite Pivots
00:53 - Brex
02:40 - Goat
04:55 - Tom Blomfield: Billion Dollar Startup
07:52 - Clipboard Health
08:49 - The Secret to Finding the Right Problem
10:28 - Pivot Hell
13:43 - Diana Hu's Startup
16:23 - Picking The Right Metrics To Follow
16:47 - Favorite Understanding Of Pivoting
18:34 - Find And Track Your Main KPI
20:02 - Outro: Pivoting Process
In this first episode of our new series, Office Hours, Y Combinator Group Partners share their favorite stories of entrepreneurs who pivoted and went on to build game-changing companies. The group of startup experts also share their own pivot stories and help answer the questions: How do you know if itβs time for your startup to pivotβand how will you know if that next idea is the one?
Apply to Y Combinator: https://yc.link/OfficeHours-apply
Work at a startup: https://yc.link/OfficeHours-jobs
Chapters (Powered by https://bit.ly/chapterme-yc) -
00:00 - Intro: How To Pivot
00:37 - Favorite Pivots
00:53 - Brex
02:40 - Goat
04:55 - Tom Blomfield: Billion Dollar Startup
07:52 - Clipboard Health
08:49 - The Secret to Finding the Right Problem
10:28 - Pivot Hell
13:43 - Diana Hu's Startup
16:23 - Picking The Right Metrics To Follow
16:47 - Favorite Understanding Of Pivoting
18:34 - Find And Track Your Main KPI
20:02 - Outro: Pivoting Process
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Jul 21, 2023
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