[maxbrown]

"I was lazy and partied, I admit it." Don't know that I would mention that in the application. Or post it on the site of the org you're applying to.

"I’m not some 18 year old kid with an idea and no idea how to launch it." As someone in-between non-programmer and programmer, I want to push you on this a bit more. What is involved in your "idea of how to launch it"? Assuming it's a website - because you can't code it yourself, you're going to need to hire someone to code it, yes? That's expensive. Probably fairly difficult to bootstrap, or make happen off of the ~$15k YC would give you. If you get a reliable web developer to build it out for you, it will be pricey. If you go the odesk route, it will be cheaper, but probably not as good of a product. That's the main reason for getting a technical co-founder. Probably worth your time, for these reasons and because YC has a history of not taking singles.

[jpug98]

thanks for the feedback.

[jpug98]

definitely looking for some type of partner with serious programming experience. I figure it would cost about $120K to farm it out, and i'm not sure if i'd have enough in the YC start up funds to develop even a simple site for demo day. I'm more interested in the connections than I am the money. Therefore, not sure YC would be the way to go. Perhaps I should start and fund operations, get it operational, and then apply to YC.