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It’s always fun to read the original Dropbox YC application. So well thought out and written. http://www.businessinsider.com/dropbox-y-combinator-application-f
by nojvek 8y ago
It’s always fun to read the original Dropbox YC application. So well thought out and written.
http://www.businessinsider.com/dropbox-y-combinator-application-from-2007-by-drew-houston-2013-9 http://www.businessinsider.com/dropbox-y-combinator-applicat...
Are there any founders from recent batches than can still vouch whether YC is still worth it?
With insane SF rent prices, one has to burn a big chunk of that 120k in 3 months by just trying to stay alive.
Add that to the fact that YC batches are pretty big right now. Do you get much in return other than the YC bragging rights?
Would love to learn about the experiences of existing/past founders.
- wtvanhest 8y agoYC is located in south bay which is expensive, but not much different than many other cities in the US. If comparing to a suburb it will not be cheap, but there are no VCs in suburbs. An extra few $k in rent is not going to make a difference in the longrun.
- chrift 8y agoI think that depends on whether those extra few $k mean the difference between needing to move back home and staying out in SF
- moeamaya 8y agoAusten from Lambda had a really succinct reply in favor of still doing YC. Context dependent but tldr: focus on important metrics. https://mobile.twitter.com/AustenAllred/status/1011505226304503808 https://mobile.twitter.com/AustenAllred/status/1011505226304...
- ec109685 8y agoThat was a good read. The one competitor he didn't foresee was the GoogleDoc / Office360's of the world. Who needs any sync, when it all works in your browser. Obviously that wasn't fatal and for things that can't run a browser, Dropbox is important.
- mrkurt 8y agoYC is still a great focusing mechanism and equalizer. If you haven't raised money before, it's fantastically helpful to go through YC. It helps get past all the status BS with investors and lets you worry purely about how your business is doing.
- snowmaker 8y agoHere are several YC stories by individual, recent founders: https://thenextweb.com/entrepreneur/2014/07/11/month-y-combinator-like-youve-accepted/ https://thenextweb.com/entrepreneur/2014/07/11/month-y-combi... https://about.gitlab.com/2016/01/06/our-y-combinator-experience/ https://about.gitlab.com/2016/01/06/our-y-combinator-experie... http://blog.yesgraph.com/changed-y-combinator-7-years/ http://blog.yesgraph.com/changed-y-combinator-7-years/ https://80000hours.org/2015/08/why-is-80000-hours-in-y-combinator-as-a-non-profit-and-whats-it-like/ https://80000hours.org/2015/08/why-is-80000-hours-in-y-combi... https://medium.com/@mattangriffel/the-value-of-y-combinator-accelerators-cdbeada1e2b9#.eylzgmtnc https://medium.com/@mattangriffel/the-value-of-y-combinator-...