Redesigning the Y Combinator Homepage from Scratch

In this special episode of Design Review, YC General Partner @aaron_epstein and YC Product Designer @eve_bouff break down how they went about redesigning the YC homepage from the ground up. They’ll discuss the motivations for the redesign, the unconventional process they took and lessons for founders building their own sites. 00:00 — Designing A New Website 01:00 — The Old Homepage 02:30 — Centering the Story on Founders 04:00 — The New Vision: Inspire, Don’t Sell 05:30 — Visualizing Founder Transformation 07:00 — Letting Founders Speak for Themselves 08:45 — Bringing YC’s Network to Life 12:00 — Minimal Design 17:00 — The Future of Interactive Web Design