After applying myself and not getting in for the S19 batch, I decided to do some research.
What if I just reached out to the founders that actually did get in, and just straight up ask them the nitty gritty questions of how they did it?
So I proceeded to do exactly that.
3 months later, countless hours of interviews, transcribing, and editing, I'm finally done.
https://www.growthmentor.com/blog/post_series/y-combinator/
There are 12 interviews live now but will be adding a few more over the next couple of weeks.
For anyone applying to this next batch, I wish you the best of luck.
Really hope this helps!