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  • 1.
    What is the most common area that a team fails on, both in the application and interview?
    11 points by aj 1 year ago
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  • 2.
    What are some of the turn-offs when reviewing an applicant?
    10 points by john 1 year ago
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  • 3.
    What ways of scaling the program up/out are you exploring if any?
    9 points by ericb 1 year ago
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  • 4.
    Have you gone back and checked the applications of the more successful YC companies for similarites?
    7 points by brett 1 year ago
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  • 5.
    What separates a team that just fails being selected for Y combinator from a team that is accepted?
    7 points by jedc 1 year ago
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  • 6.
    How much does HN Karma and participation affect your decision?
    7 points by dmorin 1 year ago
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  • 7.
    What question on the application do you most look forward to when reading the answers?
    7 points by johnss 1 year ago
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  • 8.
    Is there a point at which the company has grown past what YC can reasonably adopt? Or does involvement scale down to advisorship?
    6 points by daniellefong 1 year ago
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  • 9.
    Can you share any of the more interesting responses to "Please tell us something surprising or amusing that one of you has discovered."?
    5 points by brett 1 year ago
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  • 10.
    What would make high-end/niche products fundable?
    5 points by rwx 1 year ago
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  • 11.
    What outstanding things have YC done to help teams AFTER the YC bootcamp process?
    4 points by babul 1 year ago
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  • 12.
    Would you accept teams with similar ideas to previously funded YC companies?
    4 points by terpua 1 year ago
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  • 13.
    Which quality tends to drive successful YC companies - Imagination or Industriousness?
    3 points by TKirby42 1 year ago
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  • 14.
    There are well over 100 people registered for this event tonight. Has it become fashionable to start a start up? If so – what are the implications?
    3 points by erictobia 1 year ago
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  • 15.
    Is applying for YC reccomended for founders that don't need money, but likes your network of people?
    2 points by brandon 1 year ago
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  • 16.
    Do you feel that typing on that keyboard with only 1s and 0s and no backspace key has prepared you well for the iPhone? (www.voguehost.com)
    2 points by vegas 1 year ago
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  • 17.
    How would you advise an aspiring founder with the right mindset (ambitious, analyical, etc.) but lacking in immediately applicable skills (rusty coder, a few years out of engineering school)?
    2 points by Arubis 1 year ago
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  • 18.
    How well did having previous YC Founders do preliminary interviews work out?
    2 points by alv 1 year ago
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  • 19.
    When interviewing how much does the question of whether or not you would personally like to work with the team factor?
    2 points by alv 1 year ago
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  • 20.
    How is the specific percentage stake (that YC receives) determined for each offer? Is there room to negotiate?
    2 points by anonymous1 1 year ago
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  • 21.
    What do you look for when reviewing an application?
    2 points by johnss 1 year ago
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  • 22.
    Xây Dựng Hồ Bơi - Thiết Kế Hồ Bơi (www.xaydunghoboivn.com)
    1 point by tranduyninh 3 months ago
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  • 23.
    Loc Nuoc & May Loc Nuoc (www.aquathegioinuoc.com)
    1 point by tranduyninh 3 months ago
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  • 24.
    Halloween Coupons and Halloween Codes (www.freshcouponcodes.com)
    1 point by costhell 3 months ago
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  • 25.
    Buy Costume Coupon Codes (www.freshcouponcodes.com)
    1 point by costhell 3 months ago
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