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It says, "All six YC partners read applications. We each do it separately, to avoid groupthink." This makes me curious about the process. I assume this means
by dabent 16y ago
It says, "All six YC partners read applications. We each do it separately, to avoid groupthink."
This makes me curious about the process.
I assume this means that an application is at least initially seen by only one partner. I see the advantage in parallel processing, but what if one person rejects something the other five would have gone for?
What puts founders on the "let's interview" pile? Is it the choice of one reviewer, or are promising applications then reviewed by the remaining five (or maybe just pg) to see if there's an agreement?
- pg 16y agoThe applications near the top get read by everyone. We meet in person (or in Rtm's case by Skype) to come up with the final list we're inviting to interviews. In the past it was hard for anyone to unilaterally reject an application. Nearly all were seen by at least two of us. That will probably no longer be the case with this batch though, because we expect a lot of applications.