[mrkurt]

If they're anything like me, it's not "desperation" to get into YC, necessarily, as much as the ridiculous hatred of failure. They'd probably go equally nuts for anywhere they applied, be it Harvard or Juliar or for unemployment checks.

[davidw]

Ok, but you're sort of equating 'getting into YC' with 'success'.

[ryannielsen]

I got the impression that mrkurt was implying the Grubwithus founders didn't want to fail the YC interview, not that getting into YC guaranteed Grubwithus would be successful.

[orborde]

It's success at "getting into YC".