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A friend of mine and I applied to YC Summer 2020 batch with just an idea and received an interview invite. This is the third application I’ve filled, and the first time getting an interview. My hope was high, but I knew it would be the most challenging 10 minutes of my life, and I would learn a lot.
After receiving a short rejection email, it’s time to reflect on this experience. It feels like I’ve learned a year’s worth of knowledge in that 10 mins.
I’ve read a lot of articles and watched 80% of the YC videos over the years. But it’s hard to fully grasp them without any feedback for the specific ideas in my mind.
That’s the limitation of words and human-to-human communication. Human-to-human communications are like dial-up connections, but actual experiences are like 1Gbps/s broadband connections. Now when I rewatched some of the videos, they made a lot of more sense.
What we did well?
Getting an interview is a big step forward. As I mentioned above, although it’s the third application I submitted, it’s the first time I know what I am doing while filling it out.
Educating myself on what the questions mean took a few years. The questions themselves are simple, but what YC is trying to understand through the answers are implicit. I don’t think they are being…