YC Is Not a School for Startups; It's Marine Corps Boot Camp for Founders

I applied to YC and at one point during the pitch, pg said to me, in his best R. Lee Ermey, Full Metal Jacket voice, "Hell, I like you. You can come over to my house and fuck my sister!"

True story.

Re: YC Is Not a School for Startups; It's Marine Corps Boot Camp for Founders

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Post by simonw » Sun, Mar 20, 2011, 5:29 PM UTC

Don't be distracted by the Marine Corp analogy. This is a really accurate description of what it feels like to do YC.

Re: YC Is Not a School for Startups; It's Marine Corps Boot Camp for Founders

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Post by fleitz » Sun, Mar 20, 2011, 5:34 PM UTC

Does this mean that you can apply and fail as many times as you want but if you quit then you're done for life?

This is how the Marnie Corps Officer Training program works.

Re: YC Is Not a School for Startups; It's Marine Corps Boot Camp for Founders

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Post by dctoedt » Sun, Mar 20, 2011, 5:53 PM UTC

rhizome wrote: post #2

"Marine Corp," eh?

I suspect that if the OP had actually gone through Parris Island or San Diego, the friendly on-site staff would have helped him remember how to spell it correctly.

Re: YC Is Not a School for Startups; It's Marine Corps Boot Camp for Founders

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Post by mattdeboard » Sun, Mar 20, 2011, 5:59 PM UTC

pekinb wrote: post #4

Headlines like this are one of the dangers of our little HN niche.

Reminds me of the "It's like X, for Y!" startup-description snowclone.