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Regarding the interview, there's not much of a presentation to practice, really. It may just be generally helpful to receive solid feedback along the way, but p
by danielha 19y ago
Regarding the interview, there's not much of a presentation to practice, really. It may just be generally helpful to receive solid feedback along the way, but practicing a scripted demonstration for YC is largely unnecessary.
- gibsonf1 19y agoI'm thinking more along the lines of brk's comment in getting comfortable with the demo part of the interview and the pitch - similar to what any startup (ourselves included) needs to practice constantly to get really good and essentialize the message based on how it is understood by others. Removing as much of the stress element for interviewing is key for the founders to be able to focus on communicating about their team and plans - and getting comfortable in front of an audience is pretty important to prevent angst from interfering with the message. It is no accident that Jobs practices for his presentations :) We've decided that in addition to launching soon, we want to raise some money to build out our application faster - so we need the practice ourselves.