"If you're in talk-to-VC mode, talk to YC (who is just a VC in hacker branding)" This is some of the best advice I got. You need to "have something to show" whe

"If you're in talk-to-VC mode, talk to YC (who is just a VC in hacker branding)" This is some of the best advice I got. You need to "have something to show" when you talk to VCs. The partner in the Startup School videos gave an example of having a mailing list of 100k subscribers and links that to getting in (in 2006).