The Launch Pad
by Randall Stross
A journalist inside Y Combinator's summer 2011 batch: Paul Graham's advice, the founders' struggles and Demo Day. A candid picture of the accelerator model.
Read it if…
you want to see how YC actually works day to day.
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Skip it if…
you want current YC; it has changed.
Try instead: High Growth Handbook →
Three things you will actually use
- Make something people want.
- Talk to users.
- Launch earlier than comfortable.
Do this first
Read the office-hours chapters.
Our verdict
Inside YC, 2011.
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