Inside the Startup-Generating Secrets of Y Combinator (2012)

I always found the idea of YC's 'secrets' funny, because if there's one organization with its central philosophies laid bare for all to see and consider, it's YC.

I wish we had so much detail on the founding principles of other organizations (in thoughtful essay format, say). We'd know a lot more about what makes groups of people succeed and fail in achieving their goals.

Thanks for posting a very impressive essay. In particular it gets the idea across of how much starting up is a human experience, not only a process. I'm not able to find a previous discussion of it here, or any validating references. Anyone?

good advice :"eat sleep program and exercise"

May be you left out the most important thing, that is talking to users to make sure you are making things people want. Jessica Livingston in startup school 2012:

"We tell people that during YC there are really only three things you should focus on: building things, talking to users, and exercising."

OK, so for best practices, we have:

* eat

* sleep

* build something that people want

* talk to users so that you know what they want

Anything else of note?

Add exercise and you got it.

thanks , just edited it