Hacker News Board Hacker News, browsed like a classic message board
Live data from Hacker News

At what time will be the YC S16 invites/rejection emails sent?

news.ycombinator.com

Post reply on HN
Print view View original

41–50 of 116 posts

Re: At what time will be the YC S16 invites/rejection emails sent?

#41

Post by manibatra »

andy_ppp wrote: post #37
manibatra wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Awesome!! Thanks for your valuable time!! You just motivated us to work a lot lot harder. Do let us know if you have any tips/criticism about the idea too !

Yeah, the one thing I'd say is get rid of the TypeForm questionnaires (or integrate them better)... having said that we recently tried to recreate them at work and they have taken astronomically more time than originally thought! Good luck! :-)

I know the integration was a little poor. A number of our testers did complain about that. But yea it was the quickest option when it came to building the prototype! Will definitely do a better job in the next iteration.

Re: At what time will be the YC S16 invites/rejection emails sent?

#42

Post by lettergram »

manibatra wrote: post #40
lettergram wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's why they created the "Apply HN: " format! That being said, my team and I are trying to fix mental healthcare: Apply HN: Synaptitude – Remote Mental Health Monitoring and Treatment https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11442000

I dont have to enough domain knowledge to offer much critique but having known a few very close people with mental health issues the though of having at home care and therapy seems like a boon. Also it would be great if there is a little more information on the website before I have to sign up. But I think you are in early stage and working on that :)

We're at the point we need to run trials to confirm that nothing we are doing is dangerous, and that it shows promise of some kind (Phase I and II trials). The problem is a large scale study using EEGs is rarely, if ever done.

The website is just kind of there, we haven't updated it in a year. We have over 50 people willing to participate and pay to be in a trial. We just need an initial, relatively small investment to purchase a few EEGs, hence we applied to YC.

Re: At what time will be the YC S16 invites/rejection emails sent?

#43

Post by isuckatcoding »

lettergram wrote: post #34
_t94r wrote: post #11

Hey! Since we're all waiting for the emails why don't we do something productive? Like maybe sharing our ideas so that we could give each other feedback?.. Oh and guys if I may give you an advice : "Plan for the worst and hope for the best!"

That's why they created the "Apply HN: " format! That being said, my team and I are trying to fix mental healthcare: Apply HN: Synaptitude – Remote Mental Health Monitoring and Treatment https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11442000

Hi lettergram

This is an awesome effort. Just wondering how this compares with something like Joyable?

Re: At what time will be the YC S16 invites/rejection emails sent?

#44

Post by tim333 »

_sentient wrote: post #39
tim333 wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My thing's a bit like airbnb but where you can buy the place if you like it. Fairly confident I'm not getting an interview this time round - no views on my vid. I don't fit the YC pattern very well.

YC has said this a few times, but their software doesn't play well with view counters. Every application gets looked at by multiple reviewers. I honestly wouldn't worry about it.

Well, we'll see. Ta.

Re: At what time will be the YC S16 invites/rejection emails sent?

#45

Post by karimdag »

manibatra wrote: post #35
karimdag wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Got it. Now I have a harder question for you. I was just warming you up so prepare yourself mouhahahahaha (yeah.. That's my evil laugh) : How will you monetize it ? How will you fight the new trend: "Education should be free" ?

haha love it! the harder the better! :) The things that we have thought about right now are: 1. After we have built community trust, and become the go to place for financial education, we can bring in mentors who can offer personal financial advice on a 1 on 1 basis. 2. We can enter into partnerships with other applications that act as financial instruments but are not offering the financial know-how. 3. We can provi…

Actually this is quite concise in my opinion though I have few suggestions about each point:

2. With Investopedia maybe ? They have tons of great articles but they lack the fun and living part (which you can compensate!)

3. Like you said, you want to be laser focused on one thing and one thing only : teaching. Maybe you can partner with RobinHood ? Just don't do it yourself.

4. This. I would definitely pay for it.

5. Nope nope nope, as a young platform you want to get people come see you so I suggest maybe organizing some kind of competition where participants have to pay a fee, you take your % and you give the winner(s) the rest.

6. Sponsorship = good. Advertising = bad.

Re: At what time will be the YC S16 invites/rejection emails sent?

#47

Post by karimdag »

lettergram wrote: post #34
_t94r wrote: post #11

Hey! Since we're all waiting for the emails why don't we do something productive? Like maybe sharing our ideas so that we could give each other feedback?.. Oh and guys if I may give you an advice : "Plan for the worst and hope for the best!"

That's why they created the "Apply HN: " format! That being said, my team and I are trying to fix mental healthcare: Apply HN: Synaptitude – Remote Mental Health Monitoring and Treatment https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11442000

Yep I know, only problem is that you don't get feedback. (At least I didn't, I had 14 hits and no feedback so..) plus this thread have a better visibility/reach.

Re: At what time will be the YC S16 invites/rejection emails sent?

#48

Post by manibatra »

lettergram wrote: post #42
manibatra wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I dont have to enough domain knowledge to offer much critique but having known a few very close people with mental health issues the though of having at home care and therapy seems like a boon. Also it would be great if there is a little more information on the website before I have to sign up. But I think you are in early stage and working on that :)

We're at the point we need to run trials to confirm that nothing we are doing is dangerous, and that it shows promise of some kind (Phase I and II trials). The problem is a large scale study using EEGs is rarely, if ever done. The website is just kind of there, we haven't updated it in a year. We have over 50 people willing to participate and pay to be in a trial. We just need an initial, relatively small investment…

That sounds really good!! Clearly you have the validation part nailed down!! Good luck going forward :)

Re: At what time will be the YC S16 invites/rejection emails sent?

#49

Post by karimdag »

sixtoothsameer wrote: post #46

How many people got their video viewed? How many got 0 views? Or half views?

"YC has said [..] their software doesn't play well with view counters. Every application gets looked at by multiple reviewers." So don't worry about it, they surely have seen it ;)
Post reply on HN