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feat: confirm co-founder conditional fields from live form testing
Clicked Add co-founder on real form. Confirmed: - Invite requires real email (min 10% equity to count as founder) - "How long have founders known each other + met in person?" appears immediately as single combined textbox - "Interesting project together" likely appears post-invite-acceptance (cannot confirm without real co-founder on account) Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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skills/form-fill/SKILL.md

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After returning to main application:
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- **"Who writes code, or does other technical work on your product? Was any of it done by a non-founder? Please explain."** - be specific: name the founder(s), what they built, any contractor work
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- **"Are you looking for a cofounder?"** - fill only if actively looking; if team is complete, leave blank or answer appropriately
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- **"Are you looking for a cofounder?"** - fill only if actively looking; leave blank if team is complete
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- **"How long have the founders known one another and how did you meet? Have any of the founders not met in person?"** - appears when a second founder is on the application (confirmed). Single textbox covering all three sub-questions.
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- **"Please tell us about an interesting project or thing you have built or achieved together."** - appears after co-founder accepts invite and completes profile. Include URLs.
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After filling:
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- Take screenshot

skills/yc-application/references/application-questions.md

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### "Are you looking for a cofounder?"
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Fill if actively seeking. Leave blank or answer "no" if team is complete.
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### Co-founder questions (appear when second founder is added)
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When you add a co-founder, additional questions appear:
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- Interesting project two or more of you created together (include URLs - if nothing, that's a gap)
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- How long have the founders known one another and how did you meet?
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- Have any of the founders not met in person?
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### Co-founder questions (appear when second founder slot is opened)
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**Confirmed:** "How long have the founders known one another and how did you meet? Have any of the founders not met in person?" - single combined textbox, appears immediately when a second founder is being added.
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**Likely appears after co-founder accepts invite and completes profile:** "Please tell us about an interesting project or thing you have built or achieved together." - cannot verify without a real co-founder on the account. Include URLs. If you have nothing built together, that's a gap - address it directly.
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**Co-founder invite mechanics:** Adding a co-founder requires a real email. YC sends an invite. The co-founder must accept and complete their own profile. Equity requirement: "To be considered a founder, a person must own at least 10% equity in the company."
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Rubric for "how long have you known each other":
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- Long-term friendship + shipped work together = strongest signal
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- Recent introduction = not disqualifying, but the bar on shared shipped work is higher
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- Never met in person = yellow flag. Address when you'll meet.
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