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With less than a month left to the deadline, its really challenging to build a decent MVP with some traction in one of these fields. And I think that seem to be

by vishalzone2002 12y ago

With less than a month left to the deadline, its really challenging to build a decent MVP with some traction in one of these fields. And I think that seem to be at least the minimum requirement to get into YC.

atroyn 12y ago
From the post: "Responding to an RFS will never be the deciding factor in who we fund. "
- vishalzone2002 12y ago
  I agree. I am just saying if it clicks my idea bulb, its probably tough (still possible) to build it.
- k__ 12y ago
  Maybe it's a marketing stunt? I mean, they're in for the money, so they have to fund stuff, that pays out later. BUT they have to appease their critics, who say "all you fund is the next snapchat!!". With this list, they can say "Oh we wanted to cure cancer, the people who wanted funding for it just got no skills!"
  - icebraining 12y ago
    They actually already have startups working on cancer, like Bikanta (YC S14).
  - vishalzone2002 12y ago
    Yes their last batch startups were targeting pretty serious problems. I remember 2 of them were around nuclear energy so definitely relevant to the list.
sama 12y ago
you certainly do NOT need an MVP to get into YC. lots of people get in with just a compelling idea. maybe i will write a blog post about this.
- obblekk 12y ago
  please do. in the last few years, the model for seed funding seems to have moved largely to having an mvp, if for no other reason than demonstrating technical ability.
- vishalzone2002 12y ago
  thanks, that would be great !!
- BadCookie 12y ago
  You should. I was under the apparently mistaken impression that people who get into YC at least have a functioning demo, and generally have users already. So when my friend and I were applying, we limited ourselves to ideas for which we could create a semi-functional demo in the few weeks before the application deadline. We ended up getting rejected because of the idea that we chose, and rightly so, but I wonder what ideas we would have come up with if we had not felt so time constrained. (I am glad that we were rejected because I don't think that we were ready to start a company yet, but I am curious anyway.) [Edited for clarity.]
kevin 12y ago
"You shouldn’t start a company just because it’s on this list."

atroyn 12y ago

From the post: "Responding to an RFS will never be the deciding factor in who we fund. "

vishalzone2002 12y ago
I agree. I am just saying if it clicks my idea bulb, its probably tough (still possible) to build it.
k__ 12y ago
Maybe it's a marketing stunt? I mean, they're in for the money, so they have to fund stuff, that pays out later. BUT they have to appease their critics, who say "all you fund is the next snapchat!!". With this list, they can say "Oh we wanted to cure cancer, the people who wanted funding for it just got no skills!"
- icebraining 12y ago
  They actually already have startups working on cancer, like Bikanta (YC S14).
- vishalzone2002 12y ago
  Yes their last batch startups were targeting pretty serious problems. I remember 2 of them were around nuclear energy so definitely relevant to the list.

sama 12y ago

you certainly do NOT need an MVP to get into YC. lots of people get in with just a compelling idea. maybe i will write a blog post about this.

obblekk 12y ago
please do. in the last few years, the model for seed funding seems to have moved largely to having an mvp, if for no other reason than demonstrating technical ability.
vishalzone2002 12y ago
thanks, that would be great !!
BadCookie 12y ago
You should. I was under the apparently mistaken impression that people who get into YC at least have a functioning demo, and generally have users already. So when my friend and I were applying, we limited ourselves to ideas for which we could create a semi-functional demo in the few weeks before the application deadline. We ended up getting rejected because of the idea that we chose, and rightly so, but I wonder what ideas we would have come up with if we had not felt so time constrained. (I am glad that we were rejected because I don't think that we were ready to start a company yet, but I am curious anyway.) [Edited for clarity.]

kevin 12y ago

"You shouldn’t start a company just because it’s on this list."