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ycombinator

[WHAT]

1. ] ycombinator is a US company in the business of being a startup accelorator⁴ for technology companies. They provide seed funding and business advice/mentorship to startup companies.   
2. ] currently ycombinator runs 2 programs annually that they refer to as "batches", a summer batch(June - Aug) and a winter batch(Jan - Mar).
3. ] They accept 'applications' to their programs via their website and then invite a number of the successfull applicants to come to their HQ based in Mountain View, California(at YC expense) for interviews.
4. ] Startup companies who successfully pass their 10 minute interview are invited to join the next batch. The most recent batch(s2015) was 114 startup companies.
5. ] FYI
1. ] so what's a ycombinator anyways? - in the computer world, a ycombinator is a program that starts other programs. ycombinator (the company) is 'a company' that starts other companies
6. ] UPDATE - 2015-03-dd
1. ] an article ranking the top accelorator programes in the US, published in techcrunch, says ycombinator is reporting that they are operating as a "Seed Investment" fund, not as a startup accelorator.

[WHY]

1. ] get seed funding for your tech startup company - the current deal for accepted applicants is a 120K investment for a 7% equity stake
2. ] get connected to the industry connections that your company needs -
3. ] learn from some of industries best -
4. ] demo day -

[WHY NOT]

1. ] other accelorator programs
2. ] other options for seed funding
3. ]

[WHERE]

1. ] http://ycombinator.com
1. ] HQ - mountain view, California

[WHEN]

1. ] founded in 2005

[EXAMPLE]

1. ] the YC application - listing of the quesitons on the YC application
2. ] the YC interview - listing of the questions, know to be asked by ycombinator, during their interview process.
3. ] the YC experience - dinners, office hours, demo day and ....
4. ] Demo Day -
5. ] now what -

[HOW-TO]

1. ] how to apply to YC - SUMMARY of Paul Graham article on interviewing for yCombinator, includes annotated KEYPOINTS and additional resources
2. ] how to prepare for your YC interview - SUMMARY of Paul Graham article on interviewing for yCombinator, includes annotated KEYPOINTS and additional resources
3. ] living the YC experience - dinners, office hours, demo day and ....
4. ] prepare for Demo Day -
5. ] now what - what happens after YC -

[REFERENCE]

1. ] # 4914 ycombinator.sospep.com - index - an outline of what i know, about ycombinator, my notebook
2. ] # 4423 - ycombinator - qry='ycombinator company success rate' ] yc success rate, ] some yc portfolio stats, ] sequoia is the big winner behind yc

 

 

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NAME: ycombinator

DESCRIPTION: overview - startup accelerator, founded 2005, by Paul Graham, Jessica Livingston, - YC funds and advises startup companies,

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