I&#x27;m the founder of a enterprise software startup that got a YC interview.<p>I applied with a different name, a fake start date (eighteen months later than real), a fake equity split (leaving out a cofounder who is currently exiting messily - he started his MBA this spring, and we haven&#x27;t actually worked out how the equity is going to work), and exaggerated traction. In other words, it looks like we have explosive growth since day 1 (in November), when really we worked for more than a year to get that.<p>I&#x27;m starting to feel guilty. Am I screwed? Should I proceed with this? Fake it until we make it? How many YC startups do this same thing?
I cheated to get a YC Interview