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Re:Dropbox's Summer 07 YC Application by pg on Thursday September 03, 2009 @12:00AM (#801744)
I went back and looked at this application in our system, and I did in fact give it an A-.

An A- means "I want to interview." An A means "I want to interview, even if Rtm and Trevor don't."

I only gave 2 As in s2007. (We funded both those companies, and both did badly.)

Re:Dropbox's Summer 07 YC Application by ivankirigin on Thursday September 03, 2009 @01:13AM (#801836)
You should give founders these notes from the application during YC. It's gotta be brutally honest, probably more so than you are to someone's face.
Re:Dropbox's Summer 07 YC Application by pg on Thursday September 03, 2009 @01:31AM (#801853)
I don't actually write this stuff down. That was just what my train of thought was while reading the application.
Re:Dropbox's Summer 07 YC Application by zhyder on Thursday September 03, 2009 @12:43AM (#801798)
Beautiful, thanks for the insight into the process.
Re:Dropbox's Summer 07 YC Application by mlLK on Thursday September 03, 2009 @08:47AM (#802313)
Would you be so kind and create a public archive of YC applications (with of course the applicant's consent) for us to mull over?

Regardless whether you oblige or not, all those applications, all those admitted (and rejected) to the YC, and the life-time of their startup or, if they're fortunate enough, the state of their startup would serve a most interesting entry-point for an essay.

Re:Dropbox's Summer 07 YC Application by cglee on Saturday September 05, 2009 @04:05AM (#806335)
How did the A's and A-'s from other years do?