YC advises founders to ‘plan for the worst’

There's an interesting video they linked to in the article: "Saving your startup during an economic downturn": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OVSTWozvfY

They simply don't want founders to spend money on unnecessary things. So maybe they found the current economy as a perfect excuse to remind founders to not do that :)

I like this one (#9): "Remember that many of your competitors will not plan well, maintain high burn, and only figure out they are screwed when they try to raise their next round. You can often pick up significant market share in an economic downturn by just staying alive."