@siva_surendira this seems really cool, is there any platform where the previously accepted applications get a review on what they did right?

@jsteneros If the user decides to share, will list them for sure. Thanks for the suggestion.

@jacob_boston Discord server up. https://discord.gg/VpQQTJ9d Please feel free to join.

@kingromstar That’s the whole purpose. Thanks.

@sentry_co mostly it’s the founders’ profile and pedigree that matters

@sentry_co could be. but I see enough comments on Reddit that says otherwise. And I know a few who have MRR but couldn’t get thru.

@siva_surendira Okay let me be more succinct. You have to have a non-fleeting MRR that is growing. Non-fleeting meaning, there is a moat built in that won't be easily toppled. A moat that if fuelled with funding, outgrows challengers. And sure. A strong background helps. But I also see people out of high school getting funded, sometimes they spent their life hustling. TBH I think we are shifting away from auto-funding people that once worked at FAANG companies working one a very small piece in a very big team. The same people doesn't have what it takes to build companies. They might have had it one day, but 4-5 years of working on a very small module doesn't make you equipped to build startups, on the contrary. IMO. As a side note. I went through 1000s of YC companies last year, to figure out what ingredients they had. Usually, they had strong customer traction already, and a solid start of a product. More often than not, they had a strong business case, and not so much a tech case. Some had great tech cases as well, but usually it was 1 out of 10.

@sentry_co You make valid points. Nothing beats traction. And your observation fits most of the folks who got thru. My POV comes from folks who could not inspite of checking most of the boxes. Whenever MOAT and Potential becomes a ?, Founders’ profile and pedigree takes precedence. Given the fact most YC companies in any batch are idea or pre-customer stage, the latter scenario gets amplified a lot.