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@hi2u_uk Obviously the further along the success curve you are, the more likely you are to be accepted. That said, they have accepted pure ideas before. You’ve got until March 25 so just hustle make as much progress as you can. They also really like repeat applicants as it lets them seem...

@rezamo Just apply. Look at the form; it is very simple. Put some effort into a good demo video (max 1 minute), which should be very reusable outside of YC. Good luck!

@vanillachaiandcoke I was 39 when I got into YC, had been married for 11 years, and had 3 children (ranging from a 9yo to an infant). I knew plenty of other YC folks who were married and/or had children.

@venezdivinmessie I was the CTO of a small non-YC startup, not a publicly listed company. Happy to field questions via DM.

@enliven No, they did not ask me to find a co-founder.

@scriptureunited TBH I don't recall (I'm not even sure if that was on the application when I went through). It was like 4 years ago now so tough to remember specifics like that...

@dsg01 Tbh this is unknowable. I think YC absolutely helped accelerate us, but I don't believe it was strictly necessary (in a "would've failed without it" kind of way).

@writergirlrs Yeah I don't think there are any guarantees here, but you're in a really good position if you can check off those 3!

@cantur This question normally comes from folks who don't understand valuations. Here are some publicly listed tech companies that made less than $1B in 2022: Cloudflare (devtools) Box (B2B SaaS) Lending Tree (fintech) NETGEAR (hardware) Squarespace (B2C SaaS) Cloudflare is worth $22B; a 22x...

@kikelomo Our group had four partners. Two of those partners had been on my interview panel.

@derekb Submitted application on March 25 Got the interview email on April 16 Interview was conduced on April 22 Received acceptance call same night (April 22) Kickoff/orientation April 25 Program start June 5

@jack_stewart If you're serious, DM me your LinkedIn & contact info and I'll forward along internally.

@sehnsucht9 Honestly I don't have a good answer for that. Being a solo found has been a struggle and continues to be one even years later. I'd strongly advocate for finding a co-founder, but I want to make sure folks understood that isn't a requirement for doing YC.

@mishamarie While probably not a "surprise" but the biggest difference is of course how much time has to be spent thinking about other aspects of the business, in particular marketing & sales. I've found that to be challenging as someone that really just loves to constantly "build." I think the...

@613jono There wasn't really time between starting and applying to YC to make any mistakes since I applied so early; all of the mistakes came later. :-) The biggest mistake across the entire journey was waiting too long to start to build out our marketing efforts; it takes a long time for that...

@muzzi Hey! I can't tell who you are from the username but PM me so I can say hi properly! I'll skip our first hire (our designer), since that was someone I had worked with twice before. Our second hire was our first engineer (besides myself, I suppose) and I found her on Angel List. That was...

@meki There were several folks in my batch older than 55. There was one I'd estimate was in his 70s! :-)

@formeratheist2god That was a bit unique to us. I had begun raising a friends & family round when I first went full-time, under the assumption I wasn't going to get into YC. I ended up getting connected to a partner at a VC firm (Matrix Partners) who was our ideal possible investor - he had led...

@formeratheist2god First time applying The program is excellent about surrounding you with world class peers that make you move faster and work harder. It isn't really an educational program though; I think some folks think there is more training in YC than there really is - you spend your time...

@psalm9one You can see inside the application that I said I was going full-time on Courier on April 1 2019 (application was written late March). I was accepted into YC mid-April so it wasn't like there was a long duration between going fulltime and being in YC. I also ended up raising a seed...