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How to Apply and Succeed at Y Combinator by Dalton Caldwell

Startup School by Y Combinator

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How to Apply and Succeed at Yse?

Dalton: Why is it even worth applying to wy s? A, people ask this question in a fair amount of time. And i would argue that the very act of completing the application forces you to think about stuff that you should definitely think about. What are we building? What is different about what we're doing than other options on the market? Who are your competitors? You'd be surprised. People often have never had that conversation. If you find a bunch of murkiness where you can't answer them, that's usually a sign that you should be discussing this more. Great founders create luck. The way you get lucky is you set yourself up to be lucky as

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