Looking forward to talking about admissions with the Y Combinator Summer 2022 interns in a few minutes! workatastartup.com/internships

For those wondering if you don't have enough work experience, 33% of the current YC batch were started by founders with less than 2 years of job experience.

A bunch of us reading Y Combinator apps right now :)

Today is the application deadline and this is for the impulsive people out there: applying last second on a whim is a good impulsive thing to do... no downside and uncapped upside, in direct opposition to the calculus of many impulsive decisions ;) ycombinator.com/apply

"It's a very rare thing in this world, when a company can bring some of right and left brain together and say: we're about doing things that make money, but we also have the passion and the creativity to push this industry forward." — Steve Jobs, 1997

People tend to pay attention to what other people are paying attention to

A treasure trove of good idea spaces for those interested in working on climate

If you’re interested in doing the winter 2023 YC batch, I’d submit your application today or tomorrow. ycombinator.com/apply

The YC Summer 2023 deadline is tomorrow. Your startup is not too early. Over 70% of last batch had no revenue when they applied. Over 30% hadn’t left their jobs yet. Many had a few ideas they were still playing around with.

Over half of last batch applied with just an idea, but not necessarily one they were sure about. In fact, about 15% of the Y Combinator interviews I do evolve into brainstorms about other ideas.

When we applied to YC, we had a bare-bones idea and it was pretty bad. YC called us out on it during our interview, debated it, accepted us and then helped us research it further to help us eventually pivot to what we’re building today. YC bets on people and stories. Apply!

The Y Combinator deadline is today at 8pm PT. Most accepted teams (~70% last batch) take a day or less to fill out the application.

When you give another human, your family or your business the fullness of your being at any moment, a little is enough. When you give them half of it…there is never enough.” -Ram Dass

Lately I’ve been solving problems backwards. Instead of brainstorming ideas, I’ll pretend the problem is already solved and look for how. “We had a great dinner - what was it?” is weirdly easier to answer than “What should we have for dinner?” I’ve started using this to be

Trying to identify which modern conveniences are actual features and which are just enticing bugs.

Make something people want Talk to your users Care about your customer The common thread in Y Combinator’s maxims is empathy.

The Bay Area has almost 7x as much VC investment as the second biggest US startup hub, NYC.

Average incomes in Sweden have doubled while CO2 emissions have halved.