#business Created at 120723 # [Anonymous feedback](https://www.admonymous.co/louis030195) # [[Epistemic status]] #shower-thought Last modified date: 120723 Commit: 0 # Related # yc questions Here are some of the top questions that Y Combinator recommends discussing with a potential co-founder[1]: 1. Why do you want to do this startup? 2. What will our roles and titles be? 3. How will we make decisions? 4. What are our goals for the company? 5. What are our personal goals? 6. How much time and money are we willing to invest? 7. What are our strengths and weaknesses? 8. What are our expectations for each other? 9. How will we handle conflicts? 10. What happens if one of us wants to leave? Here are some sample questions that were asked during a Y Combinator interview[2]: 1. Who needs what you're making? 2. What's new about what you make? 3. What are the top things users want? 4. What are your users doing now? 5. How many people are in your target market? 6. How many $B is the market? 7. How fast is the market growing? 8. Who are your competitors? Who might become competitors? 9. Which competition do you fear most? 10. How many users do your competitors have? 11. How much are your competitors making? Here are some additional questions from Y Combinator that can be used to "crash-test" your startup[3]: 1. Who is your customer? 2. Who is the ideal first customer? 3. How will they know if your product has solved their problem? 4. What is your unique value proposition? 5. What number do you track to show how well your company is doing? 6. What is your top level KPI (revenue, usage)? 7. Which of these metrics are you trying to move this development cycle? 8. How long is your product development cycle? 9. What is causing it to be that long? 10. What are the key things about your field that outsiders don't understand? Here are some questions that were used to prepare for a Y Combinator interview[4]: 1. What are your numbers? 2. Why haven't you made more progress? 3. How will you make money? 4. Why is your product priced the way it is? 5. Why do you want to be part of YC? 6. What are you going to do next? 7. Would you relocate to Silicon Valley? 8. How long can you go before funding? 9. Will your team stick at this? 10. How do we know your team will stick together? 11. Are you open to changing your idea? Finally, here are some additional questions that were asked during a Y Combinator interview[5]: 1. How do you know customers need what you're making? 2. How does this become a billion-dollar company? 3. How big an opportunity is there? 4. How does your product work in more detail? 5. How is your product different? 6. How many users are paying? 7. How many users do you have? 8. How much does customer acquisition cost? 9. How much money could you make per year? 10. What YC help will you need in the next 3-4 months? 11. What are your milestones and revenue targets for 3/5/7 years? 12. How do you plan to scale sales? 13. What are your immediate next steps? 14. What problems/hurdles are you anticipating? 15. What resistance will they have to trying you and how will you overcome it? 16. What systems have you built to acquire customers? 17. What are your unit economics? 18. What are your biggest risks? 19. What are your biggest challenges? 20. What are your biggest opportunities? Citations: [1] https://www.ycombinator.com/blog/10-questions-to-discuss-with-a-potential-co-founder [2] https://lironshapira.medium.com/sample-questions-for-the-y-combinator-interview-3895913ffe89 [3] https://www.molfar.io/blog/yc-questions [4] https://johnsillings.com/2021/11/26/yc-interview-questions.html [5] https://clairediazortiz.com/yc-interview-tips-y-combinators-10-minutes-of-love/ [6] https://pilot.com/blog/tips-y-combinator-interview