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It's easy to see why Graham would ask him to apply to YC, especially for the first series. He was "famous" in some hacker circles for winning the ArsDigita pri
by dpapathanasiou 19y ago
It's easy to see why Graham would ask him to apply to YC, especially for the first series.
He was "famous" in some hacker circles for winning the ArsDigita prize and for his work on RSS, he was willing to move to Cambridge for a summer and work out of an apartment with little compensation.
The really interesting part of this, though, is the personal connection Graham had with applicants before they applied to the YC program (other founders accepted by YC tell similar stories).
So maybe the lesson here is: get to know Graham personally first, then apply to YC.