Startup School Advisor Track: You Are In

Re:Startup School Advisor Track: You Are In by pcmaffey on Monday August 20, 2018 @07:03PM (#17804917)

Given the sheer volume of applications, my guess is they rely heavily on your LinkedIn profile to pattern match based on their profile of a successful YC candidate.

So yeah just because you don't look like what they want you to look like (school, history, network, etc), that's no judgement on you. Keep on keeping on.

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Re:Startup School Advisor Track: You Are In by threeseed on Monday August 20, 2018 @07:38PM (#17805194)

This may be pretty close to the mark.

I just got accepted (after initially rejected) and my startup is pre-launch and has zero customers/revenue. But I do have a degree and have worked for a dozen very large enterprises e.g. Apple, Oracle.

It's great to be accepted but my passion for my startup hasn't changed one iota. Still going to work 24/7 regardless and so should everyone. Do it because you love it.

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Re:Startup School Advisor Track: You Are In by pedalpete on Monday August 20, 2018 @09:34PM (#17806046)

That may be a heuristic, but if I'm any example, it's not all there is. I don't have a university degree and I doubt the companies I've worked for would be known by YC.

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Re:Startup School Advisor Track: You Are In by pcmaffey on Monday August 20, 2018 @10:12PM (#17806291)

I'm sure your 4k karma helped though ;)

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