Nathan Kontny shares stories of Y-Combinator and President Obama's re-election campaign
Entrepreneurs on Fire
John Lee Dumas
4.8 • 4.1K Ratings
🗓️ 11 March 2014
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Nathan is the Founder of two Y Combinator companies: Inkling and Cityposh. Inkling was in the second batch of YC in the winter of 2006 and is still profitable and growing today. After Cityposh, he was a software engineer for President Obama's re-election campaign. Nathan's new focus is Draft, which we are sure to dive into today.
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| 0:00.0 | Entrepreneur on Fire, 506. |
| 0:04.0 | John Lee Doomis is here with your daily dose of inspiring entrepreneurs. |
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| 0:51.0 | I am simply thrilled to introduce my guest today, Nathan Cotney. |
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| 0:58.0 | Definitely, let's do it. |
| 1:00.0 | Oh, right. |
| 1:01.0 | Nathan is a founder of two Y-commoner companies, Inkling and City Posh. |
| 1:07.0 | Inkling was in the second batch of YC in the winter of 2006 |
| 1:11.0 | and is still profitable in growing today. |
| 1:14.0 | After City Posh, he was a software engineer for President Obama's re-election campaign. |
| 1:19.0 | Nathan's new focus is draft, which we are sure to dive into today. |
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