Aaron Epstein
InvestorFounderGeneral Partner at Y Combinator · Founder at Creative Market
San Francisco, California, United States
FoundedCreative Market · YC
About
Co-founder of Creative Market, which has generated over $100M in sales for independent creators.
Founder at Creative MarketYC W10
Intro paths
YC
Aaron went through Y Combinator (Winter 2010) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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In turn, Aaron can intro founders to Creative Market's investors below.
Creative Market's investors · 5
Co-founders at Creative Market
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Darius "Bubs" MonsefFounder/CEO
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Chris WilliamsFounder/CTO
Experience
- Y CombinatorGeneral Partnercurrent2020 — present
- Y CombinatorVisiting Partner2018 — 2020
- Creative MarketCo-Founder2012 — 2018San Francisco
- AutodeskDirector, Marketplace2014 — 2017San Francisco
- COLOURloversCo-Founder2009 — 2014
- ColorSchemerFounder2000 — 2014
Education
- University of MarylandBachelor of Science (BS)
Skills & more
PHP3MySQL1JavaScript2CSS1WordPress1Entrepreneurship11StartupsProduct Management1Product Design1User Experience7Product DevelopmentMobile Applications13
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Web DevelopmentSoftware DevelopmentCustomer HappinessSEOUser Interface DesignWeb DesignMobile DevicesUser InterfaceSocial Media MarketingStart-upsGuitaristWeb AnalyticsFrom Aaron's professional profile.
Podcasts & interviews
featuring Aaron EpsteinYC's Head of Design Shows You How To Design With AI
Design Review
How Stripe Built Their New Website
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Common Mistakes With Vibe Coded Websites
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Why Your Startup Website Isn't Converting
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Writing
Colleagues at Y Combinator
Andrew Miklas
General Partner at Y Combinator
Ankit Gupta
General Partner at Y Combinator
Brad Flora
Backing expeditions into the future
Chris Golda
General Partner at Y Combinator
David Lieb
General Partner at Y Combinator
Diana Hu
General Partner at Y Combinator
Garry Tan
President & CEO of Y Combinator
Grey Baker
General Partner at Y Combinator
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Aaron Epstein?
- Co-founder of Creative Market, which has generated over $100M in sales for independent creators.
- Where does Aaron Epstein work?
- Aaron Epstein is Founder of Creative Market and General Partner at Y Combinator.
- What companies did Aaron Epstein found?
- Aaron Epstein founded Creative Market.
- Where did Aaron Epstein go to school?
- Aaron Epstein studied at University of Maryland (Bachelor of Science (BS)).
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University of Maryland mafia68
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Same school
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Shared employers
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