Super last minute advice for startups applying for Y Combinator

Re:Super last minute advice for startups applying for Y Comb... by delano on Tuesday March 17, 2009 @05:34AM (#519644)

That's a thoughtful post.

But why do I literally need to get out onto a life raft in the ocean with my co-founders? Are there customers out there?

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Re:Super last minute advice for startups applying for Y Comb... by rantfoil on Tuesday March 17, 2009 @05:47AM (#519655)

It's a metaphor for the fact that all you have is your cofounders, so choose wisely.

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Re:Super last minute advice for startups applying for Y Comb... by whughes on Tuesday March 17, 2009 @06:31AM (#519702)

I assume he's playing off of the usage of 'literally' regarding a metaphor.

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Re:Super last minute advice for startups applying for Y Comb... by carlosrr on Tuesday March 17, 2009 @10:34AM (#519894)

This is a very interesting article about how "literally" is used to mean "figuratively." http://www.slate.com/id/2129105/

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Re:Super last minute advice for startups applying for Y Comb... by mrtron on Tuesday March 17, 2009 @10:32AM (#519893)

Perhaps I should stop calling my cofounder my 'wife', and call him my 'raft-mate'?

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Re:Super last minute advice for startups applying for Y Comb... by profgubler on Tuesday March 17, 2009 @09:13AM (#519810)

I don't think it is so much a matter of all you have is your cofounders, but more that if this goes down you all go down together. That is why you must use each other to get to shore. But still use all other avaiable resources as needed.

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