- Using the YC application can help you ask important questions about your company and have conversations with your co-founders.
- The application prompts questions about what's new about your company, equity split, potential earnings, and user acquisition.
- The application and interview process are both helpful on their own and allow you to interact with YC before making a final decision.

Even if you are unsure about applying to receive funding from Y Combinator and joining the next batch, there is still a ton of value for you and your company in filling out the YC application. YC Head of Admissions Stephanie Simon recommends using the application as a free service to ask yourself important questions about your company.

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If you're not sure you want to do YC, I'd suggest using the application as a free service to ask yourself important questions about your company.

There are some good time-tested questions in there that can prompt the conversations that you should probably be having with your co-founders.

And if you get an interview, that's a different service, having a conversation about your startup with investors.

The short answer is that you don't need to decide whether you want to do the program before filling out an application or even interviewing, because they're both helpful on their own.

Plus, they allow you to interact with YC more before making a final decision.


Speaker 0: If you're not sure you want to do YC, I'd suggest using the application as a free service to ask yourself important questions about your company. There are some good time-tested questions in there that can prompt the conversations that you should probably be having with your co-founders. Questions like, what's new about this? What is our equity split? How much money could we make?

How do we find users? And if you get an interview, that's a different service, having a conversation about your startup with investors. The short answer is that you don't need to decide whether you want to do the program before filling out an application or even interviewing, because they're both helpful on their own. Plus, they allow you to interact with YC more before making a final decision.

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