We really have none of these - yet wanted to apply and encourage others like us to apply. We laid out our reasons with the hope to encourage a few more to polis

We really have none of these - yet wanted to apply and encourage others like us to apply. We laid out our reasons with the hope to encourage a few more to polish their customer pitches using the framework we used ... For us it came to two things: a. Did we FEEL that the guys running the accelerator cared b. Had we developed respect for their OPINIONS As I said we found 3 fitting our criteria and YC was only one That Ethos seems to be have been lost :( ..