ZippyDumpling
ZippyDumpling

Founder likely lying about getting a YC interview, to get angels to invest

The date on that screenshot looks photoshopped There’s no name on the email And from what I know, YC does not invite for interviews to SF anymore

If true, this is ridiculous

Link to LI post: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/krishn-paliwal-428a47194_excited-to-announce-that-ive-received-an-activity-7112740822621564930-lcEH?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios

Link to likely source image: https://images.app.goo.gl/3P9ZNRRPSKqnTyxT8

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MagicalBagel
MagicalBagel

Oh wow.. the LI post is still up and no one has mentioned this in the comments so far. Great spot.

Bro wanted to fake the timestamp and picked the most newspaper looking serif font known to man 🤦🏻‍♂️

JazzyPretzel
JazzyPretzel

Ahh. That’s something a lot of founders do. They’ll fake interest and offers from other VCs. Which gets other VCs interested in evaluating them.

Tbh this isn’t illegal but 100% unneeded as if you get caught your value is heavily diminished

JazzyHamster
JazzyHamster

Chrome console khol ke date edit kr leta.

PeppyUnicorn
PeppyUnicorn

Another Padma Shri (self-)nominee

PeppyCoconut
PeppyCoconut

And the founder hasn’t tagged YC in the post, just wrote ‘Y Combinatior’ and not as a mention.

GoofyWaffle
GoofyWaffle

This guy is full of horseshit. Years of experience in M&A and never worked at a bank in investment banking. He doesn't have an MBA, he is not even a CA. One look at his profile makes it clear.

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by PrancingCupcakeOrange Health Labs

Does YC tag still have value?

I have worked at a YC startup and a non-YC one (Nexus backed). From my experiences YC one had very good work culture and business growth was rapid too. But Nexus backed startup gave me significant raise (10LPA to 18LPA). But the sample s...

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never knew YC tag had any value in the first place

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