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I 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,
by pg 17y ago
I 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?