Why Did Y Combinator Rejected Pat

Pat has applied to Y Combinator twice and has been rejected in both of them. He shares the story behind applying to YC and his view about funded startups.

The Failory Podcast · Turning a Side Hustle into a $9k/mo Business, with Pat Walls from Starter Story · at 16:51 · May 23rd, 2020 ·Transcript

On this episode

Who's Pat Walls at 2:04
What Drove Pat From A Degree In Economics To Tech at 3:01
What Made Pat Do The Switch From A Full-time Job To Building Startups at 9:41
What Was Delite (pat's Failed Startup) at 11:10
What Motivated Pat To Start Delite at 12:19
Why Did Delite Fail at 15:47
Why Did Y Combinator Rejected Pat at 16:51
What Differences Did Pat Notice Between B2b And B2c at 22:54
What Were Some More Mistakes Committed By Delite at 24:58
How Did Pat Moved From Delite To Starter Story at 26:53
What Lessons From Delite Did You Apply On Starter Story at 31:34
How Has Pat Grown Starter Story at 33:45
How Did Pat Quit His Full-time Job To Focus On Starter Story at 37:10
What's The 24-hour Startup Challenge at 40:10
How Has Pat Gone Viral So Many Times at 46:20
What Value Is Behind Pat Sharing Everything So Publicly at 50:52