Some folks might find this link useful: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=251075 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=251075 It's a response to a question I

Some folks might find this link useful: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=251075 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=251075 It's a response to a question I posted a few months ago asking to see former (successful) YC applications. There was a single response but it could shed some light on what works. And to set the record straight, of course getting into YC has less to do with the application than it does the quality and content of the company's founders/their ideas. But there's no reason to let a poor application get in the way of that end.