PS there is a section in this talk by Dalton Caldwell from YC on 'how to create luck' (in the context of applying to YC). It's really great on just this topic:

PS there is a section in this talk by Dalton Caldwell from YC on 'how to create luck' (in the context of applying to YC). It's really great on just this topic: https://www.ycombinator.com/library/6t-how-to-apply-and-succeed-at-y-combinator https://www.ycombinator.com/library/6t-how-to-apply-and-succ... There's also a separate short talk on creating luck that has an interesting story about how Brex started, and also about how sometimes you need an "outsider's philosophy": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmEyx9TEkRw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmEyx9TEkRw These helped my thinking. The application is a helpful way to think about your startup even if you don't submit it. And once it's done, you might as well submit anyway :) Good luck!