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The most striking inaccuracy is the superficial description of YC, both in breadth and depth. You can't accurately describe the interview, or the many interact
by pg 13y ago
The most striking inaccuracy is the superficial description of YC, both in breadth and depth. You can't accurately describe the interview, or the many interactions we've had with the company since Demo Day, since you weren't there for those, so you effectively omit them. And you can't describe the many individual conversations YC partners had with the CEO and founders of the company you worked for outside of office hours (many of which were about what to do about you), because you weren't there for those either. So the impression you give of YC is that it consists of dinners plus Demo Day plus a few office hours, because that was what you saw of it.
- MJR 13y ago(many of which were about what to do about you) What does this mean? Is this as an attack on the author's credibility, character, skills or otherwise? It seems like there should be a distinction on whether he shouldn't have written this because he didn't have the full experience of a founder or because he is not a credible witness because he was an employee that was going against the grain and that the founders were struggling to deal with in some capacity.
- pg 13y agoThe troubles the company had with him don't reflect on his credibility as a witness of the things he did see. My point is that there was also a lot he didn't see.
- MJR 13y agoThanks pg. Based on filling in the details you provided I agree with you. As a reader I assumed this was his analysis as a true founder - present from pitch to alumni. Clearly, that's not the case.
- schenecstasy 13y agoIt means it's a pretty sick burn.
- sashaeslami 13y agoAdditionally, one of the glaring inaccuracies of this post is the amount of time spent on pitch practice. One of my team mates is a YC alum. He mentioned that YC gave his company brute force focus on customers and product.
- lowglow 13y agoI think you're missing the point of the article. The article was to keep the community motivated and positive.