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I am just wondering how many actually submit their applications. Feel free to cast your vote here if you did apply - http://siong1987.com/yc-winter-2009-is-due-today-at-10pm-pst... . Current Number of Applications: 23 Then, we can see how competitive it is for Winter 2009 application. Thanks. P/S: I will update this comment with the latest number of applications.
We held a meetup last night, and had the founders of Heysan and Snipd talk about the YC funding experience and about having a startup.
I was really surprised that out of 40-45 attendees, only about 3-4 were thinking about applying for YC funding. Everybody else was bootstrapping. Some of the guys have really cool web apps that they've built in their spare time like http://www.dabbleboard.com .
I wonder if people's attitudes towards getting funded is changing, or if it's just the demographic of the group that we're attracting. Most of the group is fairly ambivalent towards getting funding.
I am just wondering how many actually submit their applications. Feel free to cast your vote here if you did apply - http://siong1987.com/yc-winter-2009-is-due-today-at-10pm-pst... . Current Number of Applications: 23 Then, we can see how competitive it is for Winter 2009 application. Thanks. P/S: I will update this comment with the latest number of applications.
We submitted our application earlier in the year but had another look over it earlier this week
No such thing as too far along. Speaking as a YC founder who had angel money and a product going in, you'd have to be post-series A for YC not to make sense. The YC logo on your slide deck alone is probably enough to boost your valuation by more than 6.4%.
I just noticed that the application deadline is listed as 10PM EST (not PST) on the "Y Combinator Funding Page", though it's listed as 10PM PST on another page. I wonder if this will have any repercussions on anybody...