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[nevermind] ---Untrue. Unless your product has already shown considerable traction or you're a startup legend, it is 100% percent certain that they will not acc
by tim2 18y ago
[nevermind] ---Untrue. Unless your product has already shown considerable traction or you're a startup legend, it is 100% percent certain that they will not accept you as a single founder.
Not making a judgement on this policy, it just seems fair for people to know before they take the time to apply as a single founder.
- mixmax 18y agoDo you have some kind of metrics for this, do you have inside information, or is it an educated guess?
- pg 18y agoit is 100% percent certain that they will not accept you as a single founder Two of the startups in the current batch were run by single founders when we accepted them. Neither was a startup legend or had any traction. The odds of being accepted are much greater (roughly 4x) with a cofounder, but it's not impossible to get funded as a single founder.
- tim2 18y agoThankyou for the clarification.
- daniel-cussen 18y agoDid they got co-founders? How does this work out?
- mixmax 18y agoThis is an interesting question that I would love to see some answers to. Locating a co-founder at a later time doesn't seem to be a bad idea.
- pchristensen 18y agoI also be it would be much easier to find a cofounder if you've already secured YC-status.