[reviyou]

Also even if you have a cofounder - it really matters for YC what your guys accomplished, strong technical experience doesn't matter much, i believe they are looking for stanford\mit grads or somebody with a strong\successful business experience so that they can make a safe bet.

[atroyn]

YC is not in the business of 'safe bets'. You need only look at the backgrounds of many of YC's most successful companies to see how wrongheaded that perspective is.

Full disclosure: Several friends have done YC, none are Stanford/MIT, all first time founders.

[golubevpavel]

Well, I was looking for a co-founder, but I did not find the right fit. Nowadays it does not make sense to give out 50% of the company to a random guy, that's why I hired a business developer and offered an option.