What Founders Ask Founders About Getting into Y Combinator

Most people I know that are interested in starting a company need help near the beginning, within 6-12 months of setting out on their own. Almost always pre-revenue, and very early traction (if b2b, maybe just a few users evaluating).<p>Where are these kinds of entrepreneurs supposed to go? Is it still YC, when they have to compete with already-successful applicants?<p>Kudos to GitLab bootstrapping to $1M ARR though. That&#x27;s truly incredible. They should write a story about that part. :)

Reading through your YC application, you were already so successful ($1M in rev, 60% growth rate, 1M users), did you ever have second thoughts about going through YC? If you had not gotten in, what would you have done otherwise?<p>Congrats on your success!

GitLab CEO here, AMA

What did you learn at YC that you feel you would have not learned elsewhere or that it would have taken you longer?

What did getting into YC &#x27;liberate&#x27; you to do that you later found out was just a mental block?

Minor typo...the link says the deadline to apply to YC is October 4 2017...should be 2016...could throw some people off...