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The first five paragraphs—particularly the multiple pivots, bringing on a woman co-founder in hopes that it might look good, and spending an inordinate amount o
by itafroma 14y ago
The first five paragraphs—particularly the multiple pivots, bringing on a woman co-founder in hopes that it might look good, and spending an inordinate amount of time researching everything about getting into YC—really surprised me. I would think you'd want to get into YC because you have a (hopefully) marketable vision and YC is simply a means to an end in getting that vision shipped.
It looks like the OP finally realized that towards the end, but is the first part a common way to approach YC, where it's an end in and of itself? If so, is the central idea that "well, now that I've been a part of YC, everything will just fall into place"?
- SurfScore 14y agoJust to clarify, we initially decided to work together because she's an excellent designer and I can't design for shit. I just thought it might help our case.
- itafroma 14y agoAh, thanks for clarifying: I read the last sentence in paragraph 3 as you had brought her on to improve your YC application.
- geekymartian 14y ago"I thought having a female co-founder might help, but alas, YC isn’t like college admissions, and demographics don’t help your application" <-- that doesn't came out very good actually. I don't see any explanation about the skills of your co-founder. Seems like an strategic addition, which doesn't look good either.