In this conversation from Startup School Paris, Supabase CEO Paul Copplestone explains how a frustrating firebase migration led to an open-source side project that became one of the fastest-growing dev tool companies in the world. Apply to Y Combinator: https://www.ycombinator.com/apply Work at a startup: https://www.ycombinator.com/jobs Chapters: 00:00 — Intro 00:56 — Paul’s Origin Story 02:13 — Two Failed Startups First 04:12 — Why Postgres? Why Open Source? 07:11 — The Pivot That Actually Worked 08:03 — Targeting YC Startups from Day One 09:45 — Fully Open Source — The Risky Choice 12:04 — Winning Developer Trust 13:33 — Time to…

