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

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Yeah I've thought of going after that as well. Guess I could try different stuff and see how the market takes it.

I would laser focus on one approach vs trying different stuff. YC would view 'trying different stuff' as a possible lack of focus (I'm not implying that's the case - I'm trying to help you avoid phrasing things that might get misinterpreted). Also, if you focus on a single strategy, you'll quickly see what does and doesn't work and if it's worth pursuing. I think your first step is seeing if this is even legal (renti…

You may be right. It also could create confusion amongst customers as to what we actually do. There are legal questions and the laws tend to different from place to place as to tenants rights and so on.

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Waiting impatiently. Please could someone give me some feedback on my idea and the name. Is someone working on something similar? Any ideas on what features I should try to implement on day one. Thanks. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11448299

I would clarify the problem and solution. At first I thought your product (based on the description) was a soup to nuts IoT platform (i.e. building out the hardware as well). I might possibly rephrase your product as 'We're like Facebook Connect for Nest.' Or 'We're like IFTTT for IoT.' I think you want to drive home the point that you're connecting devices from different manufactures and adding additional functional…

Thanks for the feedback.

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Do the people who are not accepted also receive an email? Or if you don't receive an interview email, does it imply that you did not get selected to interview?

You receive a polite rejection email.

Ok. Thanks.

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Waiting impatiently. Please could someone give me some feedback on my idea and the name. Is someone working on something similar? Any ideas on what features I should try to implement on day one. Thanks. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11448299

pretty cool idea ...I hope you follow through.

Check out this conference might be of help :) http://integratecon.com/

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

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Since a lot of potential amazing startups here, and an applicant myself, do checkout www.sofia.ai guys! We have worked super hard, just like all of you, and it can hopefully be very helpful to you guys during the growth phase (its free!).

Cant wait for the results!

P.S: would LOVE feedbacks :)

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