> Whenever a group has a specific reason they need more time to decide, we've always given it to them
I read before that when you call teams with your offer, they have 5 minutes to accept. Did this change?
Also, I read that your offer is non-negotiable. Yet this advice says to try to negotiate. Did you change this also?
As for the Fleaflicker example, my understanding is he got an acquisition offer before you made your own offer, so it's not comparable to 99% of the other cases. If you do indeed now give teams reasonable amounts of time to decide and negotiate the YC investment terms, that's a significant improvement. Otherwise it sounds like you're doing the same thing you are condemning other seed funders for, with the excuse that "well, we decide last so it's okay for us to require an immediate decision and not negotiate," which seems disingenuous.
I read before that when you call teams with your offer, they have 5 minutes to accept. Did this change?
Also, I read that your offer is non-negotiable. Yet this advice says to try to negotiate. Did you change this also?
As for the Fleaflicker example, my understanding is he got an acquisition offer before you made your own offer, so it's not comparable to 99% of the other cases. If you do indeed now give teams reasonable amounts of time to decide and negotiate the YC investment terms, that's a significant improvement. Otherwise it sounds like you're doing the same thing you are condemning other seed funders for, with the excuse that "well, we decide last so it's okay for us to require an immediate decision and not negotiate," which seems disingenuous.