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An interesting (albeit impossible to track) metric would be how much time the average YC application took - and if the time spent correlates with acceptance at
by 6thSigma 13y ago
An interesting (albeit impossible to track) metric would be how much time the average YC application took - and if the time spent correlates with acceptance at all.
I wonder if that graph would look closer to a bell curve or exponential decay.
- trey_swann 13y agoAn increase in time spent would not increase the success rate. Probably the opposite. More time spent -- less likely that an applicant is on the right track. Applicants that submit at the last minute have likely been thinking about/living with the problem for a while, and they are able to quickly articulate the problem, their solution, and the reason that they will be successful.
- 6thSigma 13y agoWe agree. Both the bell curve and the exponential delay curve would mean the more time spent on the application, the less likely that team is to be accepted.