Ask YC: How scientific is the YC selection process?

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18 years ago

Since YC is all about seed funding, I wonder how they make predictions as to whether a startup will succeed. Is it mostly a gut feeling about whether users will want the service or do they actually look at real-world data?

If a startup already has growing traffic, then that could be promising. But what if it is not at that stage yet? Does YC consider the traffic growth of the most closely related startups?

On a related note, check out this blog post about how to identify promising web app ideas:

http://www.allfacebook.com/2007/11/mindrosia-app-ideas-generated-through-horseplay/

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