Everything Moonshot learnt from applying for Y Combinator

‘Y Combinator? What’s that?'

That was my first reaction in September 2021 when my fellow founders in Startmate Founder’s Fellowship posted about applying to YC!

So I did some research, and OH MY, September 9 was the deadline for the Winter 2022 batch. It was already September 8, so I quickly cobbled up an application in the last remaining hours. I was sweating and my heart was pounding like crazy. I recorded a 1-minute intro, had no time for a demo, and submitted it at 4am Sydney time. (Luckily I’m a night owl!)