What is it like going through the Y Combinator program?
6th February 2011
My answer to What is it like going through the Y Combinator program? on Quora
This essay is pretty comprehensive—it’s what convinced us to apply to YC, and our experience so far has been true to what it describes: http://ycombinator.com/atyc.html
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