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> I ate 20 hot dogs in one sitting.

Wow, does this really happen? I wonder what percentage of applications have obviously bad answers like this.

Majority.

I'm assuming they are more like "I know HTML and Java" which is conceivably related to building a tech startup than "I ate 20 hotdogs in one sitting," right?

Most answer the question "what would your Facebook friends find most amusing."

I don't think it's an execution problem. People seem to misunderstand the question. That's my impression, anyway.

There is so little room on the application as it is to try to sell yourself and your cofounder (not your idea) that I could honestly not even imagine wasting it.

But in my case, I don't have a fancy school to list in the founder question, so I would have to find other ways to convince them that I'm good.

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