YC Summer 08 Demo Day: Best Batch Ever

maxklein · on Aug 15, 2008

That article was pointless to someone who is not currently in YC. Things like "Presentations were better than I've seen in the past." And he does not tell us how they were in the past or how they are now.

And the rest are some mediocre presentation tips, totally unrelated to YC.

dshah · on Aug 15, 2008

Fair enough, the article is indeed targeted at those in YC.

In my defense, I did say upfront that "The folks that should (hopefully) get the most out of this are the YC startup founders themselves."

As for the presentation tips being mediocre, you're probably right. I try to be at least slightly better than mediocre, but fail frequently.

maxklein · on Aug 15, 2008

I didn't realise you actually read this site, so I'm sorry for being a bit rude. I thought it was some big name reporter who did not give an owls hoot what others said.

The tips you give are common for people who often given presentations, but perhaps for the hacker crowd here, they could be quite useful.

The traction one was good though!

dshah · on Aug 15, 2008

No worries. Helps keep me in check.

LogicHoleFlaw · on Aug 15, 2008

I try to be at least slightly better than mediocre, but fail frequently.

  Humility leads to the highest distinction, because it leads to self-improvement.

    - Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie

netcan · on Aug 15, 2008

   4.  Don’t use gender stereotypes:

Were bikini models demo-ing the startups?