# YC Application Tips: You don't need to know someone

**Author:** Stephanie Simon
**Type:** Video
**URL:** https://www.ycombinator.com/library/J9-yc-application-tips-you-don-t-need-to-know-someone
**YouTube ID:** 7j2eiMPqUcg

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Do you need to know someone at YC to get in? Absolutely not, as YC’s Stephanie Simon explains.

