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@calmnow I know for a fact that’s not true.

@tomorrow Ahh, yes I agree. Get used to rejection.

@puritanage Ego To clarify: I don’t mean that these advisors are egomaniacs. But that it fulfills part of their beliefs about themselves. It can also be fun to apply what you’ve learned, your struggles, to a new idea.

@tomorrow Not sure I agree. Rejection without feedback is a tiny piece of information. Everything that follows (working on the clarity of your idea/comms, understanding if the idea is worth working on) you can do before you get rejected.

@zedrick We’ve seen 9 companies from this batch. Over half the batch has likely been accepted. Is there another correlation that might lead to an early bias? Former founders know to launch early? People who went to prestigious colleges have more confidence in putting themselves out there...

@zedrick There is an unbelievable amount of pessimism in this post and comment. What you don’t know is the % of people who apply who have those credentials. I got into YC, no education, not California/nyc US location. Immigrant. And you know companies do get in. Is it not also true that...

@marinda Pretty much. They have lots of different sections so there’s never more than a dozen people together waiting. And you’re in event spaces, so you’re spread out, able to talk to cofounders quietly, get a drink. You’re undeniably stressed. YC knows how to do events and organization...

@kingskid001 Dude, you need to bring more to the table. Learn to code. Learn to market. You work in the industry, and haven’t convinced anyone you work with to join you on this journey? Massive red flag.

@richlaw No, don’t try anything. This guy has nothing to add. 7% is close to what YC defines as co-founder equity. It’s dead equity. Will be harder to raise later.

@canada90 Where are you getting this ‘used to limit 1x per cohort’? Is that when there were 20 co’s per batch?

@sniffaroo A word of caution, all of the setup tasks happen once in a project. This really restricts your market. Because while people have multiple projects, it would be harder to justify the cost on non-serious projects. And people tend to only have one, maybe two serious projects. Not to...

@alicia0201 C-level titles don’t mean much at startups until you start scaling. And if you’re not a co-founder, when you’re pre-seed, with a c-level title that’s a red flag. But essentially you shouldn’t expect to make more than you were making at you’re previous job. Not that it should be...