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Sharing alpha on startups, stuff that's about to release, founder and dating drama.
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- I hate to say it but many of these anime pfp anons are not very good programmers
- Never ask your AI girlfriend her weights
- Email is in. They said no. Taking a moment to rant about how goddamn miserable it is to apply to YC. I’ve done this process multiple times. And worst of all it’s an enormous distraction. (coming from a founder whose raised millions) A. Fucking. Thread.THESE MOTHERFUCKERS AT YC ASKED ABOUT MY TWITTER ACCOUNT
- 4 years at Harvard just to become a PM at a tier-3 tech company What a waste.
- Mistral trying to raise another $600M at a $6B valuation. They’re at $4m rev on track for 60m arr. This company is a total meme
- Replying to @catboosted2: hidden rules yc is designed as a nudge to get HYPS+n engineers to quit faang/big yc exit companies. the bias prerogative leans towards pre-product college roommates The angle is biased against founders working on startups full time bc their metrics are under closer scrutiny
- Replying to @catboosted1: you lose a fuckton of time writing your application The application is really fucking hard. It’s short but requires an intense amount of thought to get right. (prompt: no yapping) Brevity is the soul of wit
- Replying to @catboosted4: it’s way easier to raise traditional vc tradvc is a bunch of dart throwing chimps. They give way better terms too Yet the shitty term sheet yc offers is so much more appealing
- Replying to @catboostedTLDR I have a lot of respect for yc but getting rejected sucks and tanks team spirit. Especially when you’re working extremely hard and making great progress You end up spending a lot of time optimizing for games which basically means you’re grifting. Don’t grift. Build.
- THESE MOTHERFUCKERS AT YC ASKED ABOUT MY TWITTER ACCOUNT
- Replying to @catboostedcontext: I’ve applied to yc 4 times (1 late, 3 with interviews) each time the interview was a bust. I’ve probably sunk somewhere around a week of fulltime work into filming vid and wordsmithing applications across them all
