Twice a year Y Combinator takes applications for funding. I thought it might help applicants if I explained what we look for when we read them.- Paul Graham · July 2009
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1. How to Apply to Y Combinator
Twice a year Y Combinator takes applications for funding. I thought it
might help applicants if I explained what we look for when we read them.
- Paul Graham · July 2009
2. How to Apply to Y Combinator
Probably the biggest thing people
don’t understand about the process
is the importance of expressing
yourself clearly.
3. How to Apply to Y Combinator
1000 applications
If we get 1000 applications and have 10 days to read them, we have to
read about 100 a day. That means a YC partner who reads your application
will on average have already read 50 that day and have 50 more to go.
Yours has to stand out. So you have to be exceptionally clear and concise.
4. How to Apply to Y Combinator
1000 applications
10 days to read them
If we get 1000 applications and have 10 days to read them, we have to
read about 100 a day. That means a YC partner who reads your application
will on average have already read 50 that day and have 50 more to go.
Yours has to stand out. So you have to be exceptionally clear and concise.
5. How to Apply to Y Combinator
1000 applications
10 days to read them
100 a day
If we get 1000 applications and have 10 days to read them, we have to
read about 100 a day. That means a YC partner who reads your application
will on average have already read 50 that day and have 50 more to go.
Yours has to stand out. So you have to be exceptionally clear and concise.
6. How to Apply to Y Combinator
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If we get 1000 applications and have 10 days to read them, we have to
read about 100 a day. That means a YC partner who reads your application
will on average have already read 50 that day and have 50 more to go.
Yours has to stand out. So you have to be exceptionally clear and concise.
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7. How to Apply to Y Combinator
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If we get 1000 applications and have 10 days to read them, we have to
read about 100 a day. That means a YC partner who reads your application
will on average have already read 50 that day and have 50 more to go.
Yours has to stand out. So you have to be exceptionally clear and concise.
8. How to Apply to Y Combinator
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If we get 1000 applications and have 10 days to read them, we have to
read about 100 a day. That means a YC partner who reads your application
will on average have already read 50 that day and have 50 more to go.
Yours has to stand out. So you have to be exceptionally clear and concise.
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