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Lol at "you don't force ideas." Easy to say when you're already in the ecosystem! Some of us don't have the privilege of "just joining a startup" in our regions. I applied to YC three times with different ideas, got interviews twice, and was rejected each time. The common feedback? "Your idea isn't ambitious enough." Meanwhile, I see YC funding the 500th food delivery app. The hard truth: they want people who look and sound like previous successful founders.

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