Breakout List is your “guide to high potential & high growth startups.” We help engineers, salespeople and other people in tech accelerate their learning and career trajectory. Investors know lots about the potential of a given startup - they’ve likely seen or been told their private financial metrics. Candidates deserve better information on companies. They’re betting their career. YC President Sam Altman: “If you join a company, my general advice is to join a company on a breakout trajectory.” Wealthfront CEO Andy Rachleff: “All our advice on Silicon Valley careers is based on a simple idea: that your choice of company trumps everything else. It’s more important than your job title, your pay or your responsibilities.” A16Z founder Marc Andreessen: “Apply this rule when selecting which company to go to. Go to the company where all the action is happening.” Gmail creator Paul Bucheit: “Most startups are s**t. There’s a few of them that are really exceptional, and if you land at an exceptional one, you can do really well. If you randomly pick something, you’ll probably have a bad time.” We don't claim to have perfect information - yet. And we don't think you should apply just because a company is on the list. But, check out the list and you'll find some cool companies to look further into.

I look forward to this list every year. One of the most thoughtfully curated lists out there. Well done!

Does it have any way to sort companies that hire non-citizens from outside of their home country? I'd be interested in that.

As long as this stays generally unbiased, I'd love to see how this evolves. Have you thought about making a sortable table? Looks like you have a plan to tag with metadata and such.

Looks great! I wish I knew about it when I was applying, earlier this year. I'd love if you could also put locations of the companies on there. That's always a big factor for me in applying.

Always look forward to this list! Super useful

Interesting list, the only thing missing is a direct link to the site's listed. Kind of annoying to have to google them or copy their domain from the e-mail address.

Such a useful list. Thanks for curating it @chrisbarber :)

Website is kind of a mess on desktop

Good stuff....very useful!

Where is the Notion and Figma?

Great list of startups to consider joining for the new year!

Pros:

good list to watch!

Cons:

none

Always great to see this list Would appreciate a list/drop-down/filter for the list though It's hard to sift through 2 columns and infinite rows...

Somebody really wants us to be hyped for their cryptocurrency... I'm not sure such a thing has a real right to be on this list, when all they offer to the market is a form with an email input as of now... What a lame way to push your sh#tcoin's agenda...

Thanks for building Breakout List @chrisbarber 🙏 I loved reading it last year so I was looking forward to this year edition 👍 As someone currently looking for an internship, this list is super useful! You should check out The Signal made by @jrdngonen https://hackernoon.com/the-signal-e1686be6f749?gi=db1407c3a68e

Curious what exactly the determining factors are aside from the obvious. But either way this is great. If I were looking to join another team I would make this my go-to list for sure!

Pros:

Great list. Can't wait for Stark to be on the 2019/2020 list!

Cons:

Can't seem to think of any. It's just a great list.

Oh and this is so true!!!! "Gmail creator Paul Bucheit: “Most startups are s**t. There’s a few of them that are really exceptional, and if you land at an exceptional one, you can do really well. If you randomly pick something, you’ll probably have a bad time.”" Love it ;-)