How to Apply to Y Combinator

Re:How to Apply to Y Combinator by rythie on Monday July 20, 2009 @02:57PM (#714910)

I see you are subscribing to philosophy of no planning required and only one take. I once spent about 3 hours to do a 1 minute pitch.

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Re:How to Apply to Y Combinator by michaelfairley on Monday July 20, 2009 @04:15PM (#715080)

I agree that it take lots of time to make a "professional" looking pitch, but based on the instructions, it looks like pg wants as much spontaneity as is practical.

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Re:How to Apply to Y Combinator by wheels on Monday July 20, 2009 @04:30PM (#715120)

Try recording yourself doing a one minute pitch. You'll be amazed at how short (to explain what you're doing) and how long (to not blow it) a one minute pitch can be. Now try coordinating 2-3 people doing that.

We're doing a little 1-2 minute video explaining our stuff at the moment and staying rather lo-fi and plan at least 10 hours of work on it.

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