Does it make anyone else nervous that YC might be rejecting applications that have good ideas with less than stellar founders while accepting 'superstars' without ideas?
It seems to me it'd be quite difficult for YC to keep those good ideas from slipping out while trying to help their no-idea founders come up with a product or business...
Graham tends not to pay too much attention to a candidate or team’s business plan—it’s likely to change during the course of the program anyway. Instead, he zeros in on the character and intelligence of the applicants. After one team’s presentation, Buchheit says that he would use the product. But Graham is skeptical. “Are these guys winners?” he asks. “It’s all about the guys.” The group is not accepted.
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Does it make anyone else nervous that YC might be rejecting applications that have good ideas with less than stellar founders while accepting 'superstars' without ideas?
It seems to me it'd be quite difficult for YC to keep those good ideas from slipping out while trying to help their no-idea founders come up with a product or business...
This is already true:
Graham tends not to pay too much attention to a candidate or team’s business plan—it’s likely to change during the course of the program anyway. Instead, he zeros in on the character and intelligence of the applicants. After one team’s presentation, Buchheit says that he would use the product. But Graham is skeptical. “Are these guys winners?” he asks. “It’s all about the guys.” The group is not accepted.
from: http://www.wired.com/magazine/2011/05/ff_ycombinator/all/1&#...