"We have some evidence to support this. Several of the most successful startups we've funded told us later that they only decided to apply at the last moment. Some decided only hours before the deadline."
But copying that would be particularly cargo-cult-ish. The point there is that great people were uncertain, not that uncertain people were great. The thing to copy is the greatness, not the uncertainty. :-)
"Cargo Cult Software Engineering" should be required reading for all nerds:
"We have some evidence to support this. Several of the most successful startups we've funded told us later that they only decided to apply at the last moment. Some decided only hours before the deadline."