I am Sam Altman, President of Y Combinator

Re:I am Sam Altman, President of Y Combinator – AMA by lhfaria on Friday October 09, 2015 @12:55PM (#10361475)

Hi Sam, I read a post of you guys saying that a lot of founders think they're too early to apply to YC. That's my case. We're just in our first thousands of dollars in revenue, and honestly when I think of YC - no matter how much confident we are with our business - I believe we don't really stand a change against other applicants. Any specific advice/thoughts on this?

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Re:I am Sam Altman, President of Y Combinator – AMA by paul on Friday October 09, 2015 @01:56PM (#10362049)

Many of our most successful companies entered YC with little more than an idea. Slope is more important than Y intercept - https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-most-profound-life-lesson...

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Re:I am Sam Altman, President of Y Combinator – AMA by sama on Friday October 09, 2015 @01:02PM (#10361530)

Every batch, we fund some people with just an idea. And lots and lots of people with just a prototype. The bar is higher but it's clearly possible.

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Re:I am Sam Altman, President of Y Combinator – AMA by lhfaria on Friday October 09, 2015 @01:04PM (#10361559)

Glad to hear that. Thanks!

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Re:I am Sam Altman, President of Y Combinator – AMA by pbreit on Friday October 09, 2015 @03:38PM (#10362765)

I would be more concerned that you would think that vs that being your situation.

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