Re:How I Crashed and Burned in Y Combinator
by joshvm on Sunday January 11, 2015 @10:42AM
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The app still exists, so it hasn't vanished off the face of the earth.
I'm concerned that graduates have the expectation that you an sit in a room, brainstorm and come up with a killer idea which will get millions in seed funding. That doesn't show that you're interested or knowledgeable in the field/problem area you're trying to solve. It sounds like the gold rush.
That's not to say that you shouldn't sit in a room and brainstorm, but sitting down and listing currently-hip ideas is a quick way to crash. Sit in a room and list current big problems that you have a lot of knowledge about!
I'm concerned that graduates have the expectation that you an sit in a room, brainstorm and come up with a killer idea which will get millions in seed funding. That doesn't show that you're interested or knowledgeable in the field/problem area you're trying to solve. It sounds like the gold rush.
That's not to say that you shouldn't sit in a room and brainstorm, but sitting down and listing currently-hip ideas is a quick way to crash. Sit in a room and list current big problems that you have a lot of knowledge about!