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What happens when I read this: File syncing. Superset of backups, which people will pay for. Good. Single founder. Bad. But at least he's looking for more
by pg 17y ago
What happens when I read this:
File syncing. Superset of backups, which people will pay for.
Good. Single founder. Bad. But at least he's looking for more
people. Went to MIT, 1600 SAT. Probably fairly smart. Wrote a
poker bot. Now I'm starting to get interested; has the right
attitude. Description of the software sounds plausible but generic.
Maybe it's good, but who can tell. But little sister uses it;
that's impressive. Scroll down to what he understands that competitors
don't get. Wow: very concise and unequivocal. I'm now basically
sold. Scroll through the rest. No red flags. Did not make the
usual joke single founders make when asked how long the founders
have known one another. Good answer to what might go wrong. A-.
(Would be an A with a cofounder.)
- pg 17y agoI went back and looked at this application in our system, and I did in fact give it an A-. An A- means "I want to interview." An A means "I want to interview, even if Rtm and Trevor don't." I only gave 2 As in s2007. (We funded both those companies, and both did badly.)
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- zhyder 17y agoBeautiful, thanks for the insight into the process.
- ivankirigin 17y agoYou should give founders these notes from the application during YC. It's gotta be brutally honest, probably more so than you are to someone's face.
- pg 17y agoI don't actually write this stuff down. That was just what my train of thought was while reading the application.
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- mlLK 17y agoWould you be so kind and create a public archive of YC applications (with of course the applicant's consent) for us to mull over? Regardless whether you oblige or not, all those applications, all those admitted (and rejected) to the YC, and the life-time of their startup or, if they're fortunate enough, the state of their startup would serve a most interesting entry-point for an essay.
- cglee 17y agoHow did the A's and A-'s from other years do?
- BRadmin 17y ago"Did not make the usual joke single founders make when asked how long the founders have known one another." What's the usual joke?...
- cschep 17y agoI assume it's "my whole life! /smilewink".
- pageman 17y ago"almost half of my life if I were bipolar ..."
- pjvandehaar 17y agoI assumed "usual" implied not a certain specific joke, but the presence of a joke.