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#114 - Karn Saroya
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محتوای ارائه شده توسط Y Combinator. تمام محتوای پادکست شامل قسمت‌ها، گرافیک‌ها و توضیحات پادکست مستقیماً توسط Y Combinator یا شریک پلتفرم پادکست آن‌ها آپلود و ارائه می‌شوند. اگر فکر می‌کنید شخصی بدون اجازه شما از اثر دارای حق نسخه‌برداری شما استفاده می‌کند، می‌توانید روندی که در اینجا شرح داده شده است را دنبال کنید.https://fa.player.fm/legal
Karn Saroya is the CEO and cofounder of Cover, which was in the YC Winter 2016 batch.
Cover is a nationally licensed insurance brokerage. You can use their app to take a picture of property you want to insure and they’ll connect you with their insurance partners so that you can get the best price and coverage.
You can find Karn on Twitter at @karnsaroya.
The YC podcast is hosted by Craig Cannon.
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Topics
00:36 - Karn’s intro
01:01 - Using computer vision to identify and catalogue property
2:28 - How Karn ended up starting Cover
3:48 - Being a maker vs. an advisor
5:58 - Stylekick, Karn’s previous startup
9:28 - Joining Shopify
10:08 - How the idea for Cover happened
11:58 - The capital-light way to start an insurance business
16:28 - Underwriting
17:58 - Lead generation
20:18 - Product development
21:28 - Buying Cover.com for $750k
24:53 - Being engaged to a cofounder
28:43 - Managing two offices and cultures
30:58 - Being an international founder in YC
31:58 - Advice to people in the current batch of YC
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