How to Use My Y Combinator Experience to

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On the other hand, I knew that it really took five years for me to learn all the things, make all the mistakes, and meet all the people it took to become the kind of entrepreneur who could get into YC. It was an overnight success five years in the making.

The YC experience was completely transformative. Within two weeks, we successfully raised $1.2 million in funding.

What else did we get from our YC experience?

Mentoring from founders like Paul Graham, who taught us how to build a company the right way
An environment that forced us to move much faster and generate more traction with rapid iteration
Prioritizing the right things and high-impact work
Identifying which metrics to focus on and how to make oman telegram data those numbers grow week over week
Exposure to a community of the other creative, talented founders
Raising money much more quickly (and successfully) than if we’d done it alone
All the lessons I learned in YC became the foundation for the company I run today, Close, a B2B SaaS company with $30 million in ARR.

If you’re a young entrepreneur filled with big dreams and few ideas about how to make them a reality, here’s what I’d tell you: