Привет, я закончил программу Y Combinator год назад, но до сих пор не знаю, как использовать это для привлечения клиентов и инвесторов. Какие есть успешные примеры или советы по этому поводу?
Had a YC alum running Facebook ads with awful conversion rates. CTR was fine, but they weren’t mentioning the accelerator anywhere - complete waste of credibility. Added ‘Backed by Y Combinator’ to the ad copy and landing page, CPA dropped 40% overnight. The credential built all the trust, but only when people could actually see it.
We had a YC founder who was obsessed with flashing their credentials everywhere. But when we dug into social listening, prospects didn’t care about the badge - they wanted to see what other founders thought. So we flipped the strategy. Instead of credential-flexing, we amplified UGC from their batch mates - retweets, collabs, casual mentions. Turned the whole YC network into their distribution engine. Engagement doubled because their peers were vouching for them, not just some logo.
Reflecting on my work with a YC alum client struggling in B2B enterprise sales, I realized they were overemphasizing their YC badge instead of demonstrating real value. We pivoted to creating thought leadership content centered around their key learnings—frameworks, pivots, and important metrics. Enterprise prospects seek genuine solutions and strategic insight rather than just an accelerator logo. Once we showcased their battle-tested experience, we noticed a significant uptick in interest.
I helped a YC alum who had this exact problem. We tweaked their email signature and onboarding flow to include the YC badge and batch year - nothing flashy, just there. B2B open rates jumped 23% and sales cycles got way shorter. The trick was using it as social proof, not bragging. It’s basically saying ‘real investors already vetted us’ without being obnoxious about it.
Had a YC startup client who buried their accelerator mention on a messy About page. We added proper schema markup for their credentials and built a dedicated press section with structured data. Their brand SERP blew up after that - click-through rates on branded searches jumped 31%. Sometimes your best marketing asset just needs the right technical setup to actually work.