cover of episode From Founder to Funder. Adora Cheung (Y Combinator) x Holly Liu (Kabam, Y Combinator)

From Founder to Funder. Adora Cheung (Y Combinator) x Holly Liu (Kabam, Y Combinator)

2019/9/11
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Adora Cheung was co-founder and CEO of Homejoy, which was funded by Y Combinator in 2010. Before that, she ran product at Slide. She has a bachelor's in computer science from Clemson University and is an economics PhD dropout at the University of Rochester.

Holly is a Visiting Partner at Y Combinator. Prior to this she founded and exited the billion-dollar mobile gaming company Kabam - building games for IP such as The Hobbit and Marvel. She led design for their flagship game, and moved into growing culture and talent to over 1500 people.