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Dude c'mon it is not giving up at all. It's more like realizing your own place in the world. Make it good! According to some, investor class has already undergone some major disrup…

Summary: > Should everyone apply to First Round through the OpenApp? > No. The best way to reach us is still through a referral. Outcome: Zilch.

> YC doesn't have some sort of moral objection to solo founders. I disagree with you here. Sure, rest of the bay area sucks even more, but YC (being the frontier) can't get away fr…

And that spot could have gone to someone with a bigger/better idea but sadder application, huh? Makes sense.

There can be umpteen number of reasons for rejection. As long as the process is opaque, people can only speculate. Time to move on, focus on what's critical for you to succeed.

Somehow for a product of rocketry class, a video of its CEO talking about just photo selfies and video streaming/other solved problems seems downright lame. Talk about the capabili…

Notable ones that come to my mind are eBay, Balasmiq, Khan Academy, Amazon but there are definitely more stories out there.

> usually fail because they are bad at convincing anyone of anything. Without any data on usually vs. unusually a debate is lost anyway! FWIS there are enough stories of successes …

Disagree! The entire process is rigged against solo-founders and you CANNOT deny that fact. Even your own last sentence in the end contradicts you. > why don't you get a cofounder.…

Here is a great sum of your post in one line: “If you’re absent during my struggle, don’t expect to be present during my success.” - Will Smith In my view the way YC has been openl…