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zeeshanm on Oct 9, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: I am Sam Altman, President of Y Combinator – AMA

Any advice for single founder applying? Most of the people I talked to advice me to find a co-founder to increase my odds of getting in.

I don't necessarily agree with them. I have been doing this startup for over an year now. It has growth with a strong potential for more.

sama on Oct 9, 2015 [–]

This sounds obvious but "have a good startup". If you can show us you're making great progress as a solo founder, we're much more willing to believe you can handle it going forward.

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