

Workshop with Todd | Build Ideas YC is looking for.
We’ve done more than 5 hackathons already. -
Now we’re going to solve the problems we see at EVERY hackathon we’ve done.
I don’t know what idea to do -
Maybe I could join a team.
I don't like the other ideas.
Loop : I don't know what idea to do. =______=
For Todd’s workshop this time, we are going to address Y Combinator’s Request for Startups! Come up with ideas that’s going to change the way the world works. This is an exercise and no Garry Tan would be showing up today.
So here’s what we’re going to do
Y Combinator publishes a list of startup ideas they want to fund. We're going to use it. In this 3-hour workshop, you'll learn how to take a raw idea—straight off YC's Requests for Startups page—and turn it into a production-grade Product Requirements Document so precise that an AI coding agent can build it without asking a single follow-up question. The first hour is a live demo of the full loop: pick a YC idea, distill the problem, write the PRD in Claude, and watch it become a working app. The remaining two hours are yours—pair up, pick an idea, write your own PRD, and present it back. You'll leave with a repeatable method for going from "what if" to "it works" faster than you thought possible. All you need is a laptop and Claude.ai access.