The Ultimate Guide to Y-Combinator Applications

From a YC founder and investor who has seen both sides

Daniel Kang
Entrepreneurship Handbook
18 min readMar 14, 2023

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Source: Razorpay with Author (Daniel Kang)

There is endless content about “how to get into Y-Combinator” — most of which will lead you down a rabbit hole of optimization.

This piece aims to minimize the time you spend optimizing the application and maximize your time on building your company.

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