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Or, work so hard to get into the summer batch that you don't end up caring about getting into the summer batch.
by michaelchisari 12y ago
Or, work so hard to get into the summer batch that you don't end up caring about getting into the summer batch.
- mindcrime 12y agoOr, work so hard to get into the summer batch that you don't end up caring about getting into the summer batch. To the extent that you'd do the same things either way, I think that makes perfect sense. But I'd worry if someone optimized for getting into YC, at the expense of doing something to improve their product / develop better engagement with their customers / etc. Of course this is a continuum, not a binary thing. Even just filling out a YC application is an investment of time, that, theoretically, could have been used for writing code or something. And I'm certainly not saying "no one should ever apply to YC". I would just get nervous if it seemed that someone was treating "getting into YC" as the goal, in and of itself - rather than just treating it as a stepping-stone.