This year was my first time attending YC Demo Day.
It’s a fascinating event and, really a fascinating product for investors.
Growing up in the bay area, I remember over a decade ago admiring people in YC. I was always impressed and it is a real privilege to be able to attend from the other side (as an investor).
I went not because I am a prolific investor, I went because I thought that it would be a unique experience.
The Product: Startups
This seems obvious, but the startups are the product, demo day is not a celebration of their achievement over the course of the batch, IMO it’s much more of an assembly line.
To be honest, it’s a variation this woman on Douyin, but applied to startups.
This woman shows a product for 3 seconds before moving onto the next one. Rinse and repeat.
That’s YC demo day.
1 slide. 1 minute pitches. 1 speaker.
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