🚀 How do you actually get into Y Combinator - and what does it really take to build a venture-backed startup?

In this episode, I sit down with Miroslav Gasparek, CEO & co-founder of Sensible Biotechnologies (a Y Combinator-backed biotech company) and a member of the Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe list.

Miro shares the unfiltered truth about getting accepted into Y Combinator after multiple attempts, what YC really looks for in founders, and why building a startup is far harder - and more meaningful - than most people realise.

In this conversation, we break down:

- How to get into Y Combinator (what actually matters vs. fluff)

- What YC partners look for in founders and ideas

- The biggest mistakes that kill startups early

- What it REALLY takes to build a venture-backed startup - beyond skills and talent

- Why startup life can feel like torture (and why founders still choose it)

- How to stay resilient under extreme pressure - and why failure is not a career killer

- Why true fulfilment isn’t status, awards, or press

If you’re:

✔️ Applying to Y Combinator

✔️ Building or thinking about a startup

✔️ Raising venture capital

✔️ Curious what separates successful founders from everyone else

- this episode is for you.

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✅ Stay connected:

👉 With me: https://www.linkedin.com/in/varia-pechurina/

👉 With Miroslav: https://www.linkedin.com/in/miroslavgasparek/

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