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We took our rejection 2 years ago as a wakeup call: If you can't sell yourself to YC, number one thing you need to learn is how to sell, period. Because "how to
by old-gregg 18y ago
We took our rejection 2 years ago as a wakeup call: If you can't sell yourself to YC, number one thing you need to learn is how to sell, period. Because "how to sell" part will start matter more and more down the road, approaching "how to code" in importance.
If you couldn't sell yourself to YC, you may not sell to your customers either, or other investors, or future employees, etc etc etc
Learn how to sell. Your idea is probably fine - 95% of YC-accepted companies are building tiny incremental improvements to existing products.
- ALee 18y agoIf you can't sell, get closer and closer to having a product or getting to having a business. Talk is cheap, but having made something matters more. A basketball team will be more likely to draft you because you've de-risked yourself, you are probably already on your way to winning the NCAA. I wrote a little about this before on my blog about getting into YC, etc.: http://andrewlee.com/2009/03/01/startup-march-madness-2009-getting-into-launchbox-and-ycombinator-techstars-etc/ http://andrewlee.com/2009/03/01/startup-march-madness-2009-g...