QASAR YOUNIS (Formerly YC, TalkBin)

Jun 9, 2017, 1:00 – 4:00 AM

Qasar is a founder and angel investor. Most recently, Qasar was a General Partner and Chief Operating Officer at Y Combinator. Y Combinator is a premier early stage venture fund in silicon valley that has seed funded hundreds of companies including AirBnB, DropBox, Reddit, Twitch, Stripe, Cruise, Instacart and many others.

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About this event

Qasar is a founder and angel investor. Most recently, Qasar was a General Partner and Chief Operating Officer at Y Combinator. Y Combinator is a premier early stage venture fund in silicon valley that has seed funded hundreds of companies including AirBnB, DropBox, Reddit, Twitch, Stripe, Cruise, Instacart and many others. The aggregate value of Y Combinator seed funded companies now exceeds $80 Billion. Prior to joining Y Combinator, Qasar was the founder and CEO of TalkBin, (also funded by Y Combinator) which was acquired by Google. At Google, Qasar integrated his startup into Google Maps and went on to be the product lead for business facing products. Prior to startups, Qasar was an engineer at General Motors and Bosch. He has a BSC in Mechanical Engineering from Kettering University and a MBA from Harvard.

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Speaker

  • Qasar Younis

    Y Combinator

When

When

Friday, June 9, 2017
1:00 AM – 4:00 AM UTC

Agenda

1:00 AMNetworking and Food
2:00 AMFireside Chat
3:00 AMNetworking

Organizers

  • Derek Andersen

    Startup Grind

    Chapter Organizer

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  • Karlie Valine

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