Why Your Y Combinator App Needs To Tell A Story

Written By Aakash Shah

How to apply and succeed at Y Combinator

Great YC applications tell a story.

You need a hook.

You need characters.

You need to struggle and you need to triumph.

You need to show that you are going to succeed at all costs.

Make sure to answer these questions.

  • Who are you?
  • What are you working on?
  • Why are you working on it?
  • What have you accomplished so far?
  • And why is this going to be a $10 billion company?

This is straight from Y Combinator themselves. Dalton Caldwell revealed these secrets in a video called: https://www.ycombinator.com/library/6t-how-to-apply-and-succeed-at-y-combinator

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