The Launch Pad: Inside Y Combinator, Silicon Valley's Most Exclusive School for Startups: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Launch Pad: Inside Y Combinator, Silicon Valley's Most Exclusive School for Startups runs 8.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by René Ruiz (about 5.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 8.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
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| 30 min / day | 18 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
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What our data says
- At 8.8 hours, it runs longer than 78% of the 5,613 Business & Career Development audiobooks in our catalog.
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René Ruiz narrates 49 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 339 hours in all.
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Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The Launch Pad: Inside Y Combinator, Silicon Valley's Most Exclusive School for Startups is an audiobook by Randall Stross: a 8.8-hour unabridged recording, read by René Ruiz, released October 2, 2012, on the Business & Career Development shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- René Ruiz
- Released
- October 2, 2012
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Business & Career Development
- ISBN
- 9780449807873
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How long is The Launch Pad: Inside Y Combinator, Silicon Valley's Most Exclusive School for Startups as an audiobook?
The Launch Pad: Inside Y Combinator, Silicon Valley's Most Exclusive School for Startups runs 8.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.9 hours.
Is The Launch Pad: Inside Y Combinator, Silicon Valley's Most Exclusive School for Startups free as an audiobook?
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Who narrates The Launch Pad: Inside Y Combinator, Silicon Valley's Most Exclusive School for Startups?
The Launch Pad: Inside Y Combinator, Silicon Valley's Most Exclusive School for Startups is narrated by René Ruiz.