Re:How to hack together a Y Combinator application
by SwellJoe on Wednesday March 26, 2008 @10:43PM
(#147510)
We applied at the last minute...the same day they were due, and with only a half an hour or so of work on the app (I applied on a whim...didn't even tell my co-founder until after). I don't know how it effects the odds, but we did get the interview (and I think that's also the point at which I informed my co-founder that I'd applied). I'm guessing it probably doesn't matter. At the end of WFP07, I seem to recall that they waited until the apps were all in before printing them out and looking them over.
I do suggest writing well, however, and taking as long as you need to achieve that goal.
Re:How to hack together a Y Combinator application
by ivankirigin on Wednesday March 26, 2008 @07:00PM
(#147386)
Didn't Matt apply late?
Considering there is no longer an option to start early, the only advice left to give is "do it now!"
"# Apply early. I’m guessing something like 75% of their applications are submitted in the last few days. That’s usually how those sorts of things work. Doing it earlier can only help get you a little more consideration time."
and leaving co:
"Start early. If you haven’t already begun your application, do so now! It’s due on April 2nd, and you probably should have started at least a month in advance. There’s certainly been cases where founders have been accepted with a last minute application, but why risk it? The longer you can think things through and iteratively improve your application, the better chance you’ve got."