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"did some clunky work on it. That was their entry to YC" For more context, YC doesn't judge your code, never has. It was never a code quality competition. Orth
by pj_mukh 2y ago
"did some clunky work on it. That was their entry to YC"
For more context, YC doesn't judge your code, never has. It was never a code quality competition. Orthogonally, they do judge the results (user metrics).
- FactKnower69 2y ago>For more context, YC doesn't judge your code, never has. It was never a code quality competition. it shows
- pj_mukh 2y agoYea it does! [1]. [1]: https://jaredheyman.medium.com/on-the-176-annual-return-of-a-yc-startup-index-cf4ba8ebef19 https://jaredheyman.medium.com/on-the-176-annual-return-of-a...
- moomin 2y agoYeah, but they used to care about your moat and “Did some easily replicable work on a product anyone can duplicate.” ain’t it.
- pj_mukh 2y agoDid they? YC regularly funded competitors. This was always true. Fundamentally, YC is betting on founders. They're optimizing for founders who can move fast enough to find a moat before they die, that's it. They fund competitors because most YC companies usually pivot out anyway.