My prospective cofounder could not move to the US, so I applied as a solo founder. Co-founders must be in the US for three months?
AMA with YC Partner Aaron Harris on Applying to YC – S17 Deadline Is Tonight
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Re: AMA with YC Partner Aaron Harris on Applying to YC – S17 Deadline Is Tonight
#82Hi Aaron, I vaguely remember PG saying that while he was reviewing YC applications he would recognize applicants from their HN contributions. People he liked reading would get a boost. Did I dream it? Is that still the case that if people like my HN posts, I may get special attention to my application?
If this is true, then I'm screwed; all I do here is troll.
Re: AMA with YC Partner Aaron Harris on Applying to YC – S17 Deadline Is Tonight
#83If we're close to closing a seed 500k round, would you recommend we still apply for YC?
Re: AMA with YC Partner Aaron Harris on Applying to YC – S17 Deadline Is Tonight
#84how to change email address of HN?
Re: AMA with YC Partner Aaron Harris on Applying to YC – S17 Deadline Is Tonight
#85Earlier quoted context omitted.
Aw thanks! I had a lot of fun doing it, but I think the podcast is done. We've started doing other cool things, though, like video office hours: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQ-uHSnFig5PdSeZT05If...
Aaron, thanks for the link. Do you have the audio of these videos hosted anywhere as mp3?
In case it's not, you can use offliberty.com. Takes seconds.
Re: AMA with YC Partner Aaron Harris on Applying to YC – S17 Deadline Is Tonight
#86Hi Aaron, I vaguely remember PG saying that while he was reviewing YC applications he would recognize applicants from their HN contributions. People he liked reading would get a boost. Did I dream it? Is that still the case that if people like my HN posts, I may get special attention to my application?
If this is true, then I'm screwed; all I do here is troll.
Haha.
Re: AMA with YC Partner Aaron Harris on Applying to YC – S17 Deadline Is Tonight
#87What are the chances of In college stud, whom drop off school to work on their startup and apply to YC. And its a first experience. But totally obsessed about the idea involved and also open to changes.
Re: AMA with YC Partner Aaron Harris on Applying to YC – S17 Deadline Is Tonight
#88What's keeping YC from accepting more applicants? What's weighing more in your decision: is it the investment or the labor factor? Would your acceptance rate increase if applicants were to forgo the ~$120k? Rephrased: Are there applicants you could have otherwise accepted were they to decline the cash in exchange for taking part in the program and still giving you the ~7% equity?
Thanks
Re: AMA with YC Partner Aaron Harris on Applying to YC – S17 Deadline Is Tonight
#89Were all the applications viewed yesterday? The link we included with our wireframe was having problems yesterday and I realized that today. I replied to the submission email earlier today. Is it too late?
Re: AMA with YC Partner Aaron Harris on Applying to YC – S17 Deadline Is Tonight
#90We just realized that the switching from "Public Beta" to "Mocks / Renderings" hid a bunch of questions that we previously filled in, but did not clear those answers. So we ended up submitting those answers in our application without our knowledge. We only realized this when we saw "Past submissions" but it's too late to change now. Will this be a big issue?