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Re:Sam Altman: ‘Too many’ Y Combinator companies raise money by deepnotderp on Thursday December 21, 2017 @10:20PM (#15985027)
> I wonder if it would be effective to tell YC companies that they can participate in a demo day, but it doesn't have to be the one for their batch -- so a company could wait and join the following cohort in order to avoid the stigma of being "the company which couldn't get funding at demo day and is now going around to VCs one by one".

You can defer your demo day.

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Re:Sam Altman: ‘Too many’ Y Combinator companies raise money by dyarosla on Thursday December 21, 2017 @10:47PM (#15985135)
I mean.. that'll just change the first question VCs ask to "Why weren't you ready for demo day?" Maybe not as bad of a signal, but could still be construed as negative. (EDIT: Negative independent of how valid your reasoning your answer or spin you provide)
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