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[{"user_id": 8017, "stars": [], "topic_id": 6120, "date_created": 1297792086.560358, "message": "I know that YC allows startups to defer for a cycle. The obvious reason is that you have time to quit your job, etc. But is it also a good reason for MVP-stage startups to get large amounts of coding out of the way so you can spend more time networking and company building, or is this just a cop out to avoid diving in head first to lean startup iteration?", "group_id": 95, "id": 113123}, {"user_id": 5073, "stars": [], "topic_id": 6120, "date_created": 1297795962.449333, "message": "it all depends on how busy you are and how good you feel about your plan", "group_id": 95, "id": 113651}, {"user_id": 374, "stars": [], "topic_id": 6120, "date_created": 1297841433.1188409, "message": "Do they allow deferring? I haven't heard of any companies that have done that. But then again we've never asked about it. You find out your accepted almost two months before the batch officially starts; in practice that's been enough time to not just quite your job but move to another continent.", "group_id": 95, "id": 118146}, {"user_id": 69, "stars": [{"date_created": 1297843998.7016721, "user_id": 1}, {"date_created": 1297892384.829699, "user_id": 374}], "topic_id": 6120, "date_created": 1297843911.523679, "message": "personally, I'm not aware of any companies having \"deferred\" to a later term", "group_id": 95, "id": 118244}, {"user_id": 69, "stars": [], "topic_id": 6120, "date_created": 1297843888.7403979, "message": "in a nutshell \u2013\u00a0the longer you put off applying for YC, the longer it'll take for you to potentially reap the benefits should you be accepted", "group_id": 95, "id": 118243}, {"user_id": 1, "stars": [], "topic_id": 6120, "date_created": 1297844001.2795739, "message": "Me neither", "group_id": 95, "id": 118245}, {"user_id": 4212, "stars": [], "topic_id": 6120, "date_created": 1297845246.3999679, "message": "I've chatted with a few YC alumni over the last year and I've yet to hear of anyone deferring.", "group_id": 95, "id": 118266}, {"user_id": 9640, "stars": [], "topic_id": 6120, "date_created": 1297848657.9646389, "message": "only for my interest... can someone explain what \"YC\" means?", "group_id": 95, "id": 118532}, {"user_id": 1, "stars": [{"date_created": 1297849192.3641911, "user_id": 9640}], "topic_id": 6120, "date_created": 1297848701.8019331, "message": "@manuw Y Combinator http://ycombinator.com/", "group_id": 95, "id": 118536}, {"user_id": 9640, "stars": [], "topic_id": 6120, "date_created": 1297849193.4367011, "message": "@ericflo Ah. thanks.", "group_id": 95, "id": 118573}, {"user_id": 115, "stars": [], "topic_id": 6120, "date_created": 1297852456.0081511, "message": "I've heard of deferring", "group_id": 95, "id": 118802}, {"user_id": 115, "stars": [], "topic_id": 6120, "date_created": 1297852497.09269, "message": "But @jamtoday, that doesn't sound like a good reason", "group_id": 95, "id": 118805}, {"user_id": 323, "stars": [], "topic_id": 6120, "date_created": 1297894971.7499831, "message": "@jamtoday we got TONS of development done on AdGrok during our batch -- PG will help you most pre-MVP, arguably.", "group_id": 95, "id": 125477}]