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YC interview advice: 1. Don't try to deliver a pitch. Your precooked answers will never quite match the questions. = disconnect.

@paulg that is silly advice. don't you want to filter out the people who can't figure this out on their own?

@joshu Surprisingly, some of the best founders make this mistake. Partly because programs train them to.

@paulg @joshu programme measure of success is money raised rather than successful exits. Grooms and encourages systematic deception.

@dpn @paulg that is why i don't go to demo day. no need to listen to pitches when i want to evaluate products, not founder glibness

@joshu @dpn @paulg that's why @DEMO, we require live product demos, no slides. The product tells you a lot