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Does YC actually expect a hack built in a weekend to be on par with some of the startups they take for interviews?

• Dragonai 12y ago
  I was wondering the same thing! But I'm pretty sure YC knows what to expect from even the best hackers at hackathons - 24 hours of hacking is not the same as months/years of customer discovery and polish. (Not saying hackathon hacks can't be viable or polished, I've seen many that are absolutely both.)
• zmitri 12y ago
  They very well could be. But more likely, the people that would meet there could go on to do great things together and perhaps YC would be a part of that. I met my cofounder at the TC Disrupt Hackathon in 2011, were selected as one of the winners, and have worked together ever since. We even did YC last batch.
  • nwenzel 12y ago
    "the people that would meet there could go on to do great things together" +1 I don't think you have to look much further than comments by sama and pg about building YC into an institution that lasts 100 years. It's the network that creates sustaining value. I have no insider knowledge, but this event seems like a great way to expand and grow that network. Love to see it. Love to see YC continuing to do and try new things.
• HistoryInAction 12y ago
  Are people interviewing with more than frameworks these days? A bunch of cycles back, I had one friend—who was accepted—interview with a weekend hack that he put together, launched, and saw it just take off, after being invited to interview for a startup that just wasn't gaining traction.