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Dan I do hope YC runs the experiment again with an improved process. I can't talk for any of the other top 20 candidates, but I would never have applied for a s
by danieltillett 11y ago
Dan I do hope YC runs the experiment again with an improved process. I can't talk for any of the other top 20 candidates, but I would never have applied for a standard YCF yet after the experience I would consider it in the future.
Whenever you do something new you can expect not everything run according to how you expect. I know we are supposed to have a postmortem thread at some stage, but I would encourage you to use the results more widely in your internal selection process. There is no reason a priori that the community chosen candidates are the best fit for YC. If you find a good candidate in the Apply HN applicants then just give them an interview irrespective of what votes they get.
- mindcrime 11y agoLikewise, I hope you do it again. We didn't apply this time, and "conventional" YC has never been for us anyway. But the YCF program is very appealing, and I actually like the idea of doing it the "Apply HN" way. That way at least you get (in the optimal case) some interesting feedback and discussion from the community, regardless of what happens with the YCF application.