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Ask HN: One YC application per co-founder?
We are getting ready to submit our application for YC Summer '09. I wanted to clarify if we should submit one application per co-founder (for the same project)? or do you create a separate account for YC application and everyone puts in their stuff?
Just want to be careful here.
BTW, anyone else applying for summer '09?
- ErrantX 18y agoI've toyed with the idea but sadly got a pay rise in my day job which means it's worth more to me (well, us). (which I do consider a shame because I would love to give YC a crack and see if I am up to it! :D). Let us know how you get on: I for one would love to see someone blog about the whole process from the get go right through. For those of us who are/were never funded like this it could be insightful :D
- yshara09 18y agoI've been there myself. I recently doubled my pay by becoming a consultant but would any day leave it for YC. I understand that not everyone is as free to do that. Good luck to you and hopefully we get to go thru the whole process to blog about it.
- ErrantX 18y agoI doubt we would ever do YC now: things are past the idea stage (and have been for a while) but I was thinking of coming up with a spin off idea just for the sheer experience (not really expecting to get funding). Good luck in your app!
- vaksel 18y agoIts one application per company. YC usernames of all founders, including you, vaksel, separated by spaces. (That's usernames, not given names: "bksmith," not "Bob Smith." If the startup has 3 founders, there should be 3 words in this answer.)
- unalone 18y agoYou submit a single application, and include all your founders' Hacker News account names there. If you have multiple ideas, you submit multiple applications, one per cofounder, but each idea gets only one application. We're applying for YC summer - we've been updating and trying to fine-tune our application since we first submitted. I'd advise you to get what you've got submitted, and to spend the next day or two looking to perfect what you have.