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For #1, I know many YC founders who have gotten in just using half or day or so for the application (usually defying the deadline). We used only one Sunday afte
by jorde 14y ago
For #1, I know many YC founders who have gotten in just using half or day or so for the application (usually defying the deadline). We used only one Sunday afternoon for ours on the second run when we got in and I don't see the point of wasting time except getting few rounds of feedback and spellcheck.
Interestingly enough also many alumnus I know thought they failed the interview once walking out of the room. I sure did.
Edit: With the second comment I was referring to section "Once we got the Interview, we knew we were in"
- grayc 14y ago"We used only one Sunday afternoon for ours on the second run when we got in and I don't see the point of wasting time except getting few rounds of feedback and spellcheck." I think many of the posters who spent relatively little time on their second, third, fourth, etc. applications are underestimating how much time they spent preparing the application. Unless you could have written that application from scratch the first time, at least some of the time spent on your failed applications counts as "writing the application." I'm pretty sure the author didn't mean 1 month of 12 hour days sitting in front of a word processor (and I think has said as much).