Package Description:

This package is built for top applicants looking to maximize their chances of acceptance to YC by getting help end-to-end with their applications. This package includes the following, but feel free to adapt based on your unique situation and goals: 1. Initial Kickoff and Planning Session: After being matched with your coach, you'll do a kick-off session where you dive deep on your background, goals, experience, potential referrals, aspirations, and more. From there, you'll build a custom plan that helps you stay on top of your YC application. 2. Business Model: You will work with your coach to hone in on your business model and the core points that need to show through in the application. 3. Application Strategy: You will talk in-depth with your coach about your points of differentiation as an applicant and the best ways for those to shine through your application. 4. YC Resume: You’ll receive a MBA resume template along with guidance on how to showcase your professional and personal achievements. You'll work with your coach to rework every bullet until each line of your resume is dripping with achievement. 5. Referral Selection: You will talk through all of your potential recommender options, pros and cons of each of them, and then build a plan for engaging with them that leads to the best combination of recommenders possible. 6. Referral Preparation: You'll receive a Referral Prep Template (with examples) and will work together with your coach to build out your own referral prep docs. Those will be polished and handed off to your referrers with plenty of time before deadlines. 7. Referral Support: If needed, your coach can even work directly with your referrers to ensure they are on the right track. They can read through and provide feedback on their recommendations to ensure they provide a strong referral. 8. Response Brainstorming: You will do a deep dive into your background and experiences with your coach, pulling out themes, perspectives, and qualities that differentiate you and your company. You'll wrestle with various narratives and ensure you are approaching each question in the best way possible. 9. Response Editing: After crafting your narrative, your coach will polish and edit until the responses are ready for submission. As many rounds of feedback and edits included to ensure you have the right final product. 10. Startup School: You'll work with your coach to frame your traction through YC's Startup School, if applicable. 11. Final Review: Your coach will review and perform final edits on all your application materials, ensuring everything works together and is in tip-top shape before submission. This includes your traction, past work experience, business model, and more. 12. Interview Preparation: When you receive interview invites, you'll run through mock interviews with your coach to ensure you are prepared and confident. 13. Waitlist Strategy (if applicable) — If you're waitlisted, your coach will guide you through creating a targeted action plan to improve your chances of admission. To summarize, you are drafting a world-class coach onto your team to help you with every step of this competitive process. They will check-in in regularly, share honest/constructive feedback freely, and ensure you are on the right track. If for any reason it becomes clear that your coach is not the right fit, we are happy to help you find another coach that can help you get to the finish line successfully. So, what are you waiting for? Let's get you matched to a great coach who can support you as you land that coveted acceptance to YC.