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Don't get me wrong, what YC has become is pretty amazing but boy what I wouldn't give to have been part of one of those first few batches or especially that first one with Aaron Swartz.
As you have scaled other things, can't you scale feedback for companies? Atleast, for what you consider top 10% or so? We applied last batch and got a question around a competitor that had just gotten funding. Not sure if that was the reason of the reject.
Unfortunately with over 8000 applicants each batch that is very very hard but I will talk to our admissions team to see if there is anything we can do to improve in this area. I apologize for how frustrating it is to get a YC rejection.
Michael how much of that early magic is lost now with PG not actively involved, with the bigger batches and the more industrialized machine? Don't get me wrong, what YC has become is pretty amazing but boy what I wouldn't give to have been part of one of those first few batches or especially that first one with Aaron Swartz.
As you have scaled other things, can't you scale feedback for companies? Atleast, for what you consider top 10% or so? We applied last batch and got a question around a competitor that had just gotten funding. Not sure if that was the reason of the reject.
Unfortunately with over 8000 applicants each batch that is very very hard but I will talk to our admissions team to see if there is anything we can do to improve in this area. I apologize for how frustrating it is to get a YC rejection.
Michael how much of that early magic is lost now with PG not actively involved, with the bigger batches and the more industrialized machine? Don't get me wrong, what YC has become is pretty amazing but boy what I wouldn't give to have been part of one of those first few batches or especially that first one with Aaron Swartz.
I talk about this specifically in my post... Having done YC in 2007, 2012, and helping to run it now. I think today YC founders are given many more tools and much more money to succeed.
I guess I meant just from a pure experience perspective.
This alone would be an interesting angle if you consider the equity given to YC purely marketing and sales spend.
As you have scaled other things, can't you scale feedback for companies? Atleast, for what you consider top 10% or so? We applied last batch and got a question around a competitor that had just gotten funding. Not sure if that was the reason of the reject.
Unfortunately with over 8000 applicants each batch that is very very hard but I will talk to our admissions team to see if there is anything we can do to improve in this area. I apologize for how frustrating it is to get a YC rejection.