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Re: Vote up if you're rejected but will still proceed

#31

Post by Leonidas »

vlad wrote: post #29

I just want to say that there are as many comments as there are votes. This is great! I think we have likely exceeded the number of teams which will have been selected at the end. Those just starting now have months of time to get going. Let's have tons of demos up by June 1st, when YC probably starts!

We should have a section to list demos that are up or going to be up so that we can support one another.

Maybe someone can put up something that the audience on here can go on and evaluate what everyone is doing. Perhaps make it 'invite' only to avoid trolls.

Re: Vote up if you're rejected but will still proceed

#32

Post by philc »

vlad wrote: post #25
brezina wrote: post #19

Hi guys. Sorry about the news. I suggest joining my YC alum startup, Xobni, instead. Sometimes great hackers joinup instead of startup . That is what Paul Buchheit did : http://paulbuchheit.blogspot.com/2007/03/looking-for-co-founder-try-attending.html send resumes: http://www.xobni.com/jobs.php

People here have voted to continue to work on their startup and there's nothing to be sorry about. That is probably a great job opportunity, but not the same as starting up your own business. A lot of companies (like Xobni) take years to get up and running, and that's doing it full-time. How can somebody expect to do a startup while working 40 hours a week for somebody else without putting in the full-time hours? Fin…

I don't think you'd join something like Xobni and also do a startup on the side; Matt didn't mean that. The point of joining a startup this early is that it becomes your startup. Same concept as finding someone who's already tackling the same problem you were planning to, and joining up.

"Job opportunities" usually give Benefits and Work-life Balance. Xobni would give you (hopefully) lucrative equity and the sprint-or-die startup pace that most people here are looking for (along with the rewards that come with it).

Re: Vote up if you're rejected but will still proceed

#33

Post by bls »

whacked_new wrote: post #30

Just to share a little story. I am "stuck" in a foreign country for some strange reasons; one of them is to avoid folks squaking at me for this crazy endeavour. YC would be a good excuse to fly back; it passes off as a job interview of sorts. I am destined to piss off the older people. Shrug.

Where? I am currently in Thailand.

Re: Vote up if you're rejected but will still proceed

#35

Post by dhouston »

brezina wrote: post #19

Hi guys. Sorry about the news. I suggest joining my YC alum startup, Xobni, instead. Sometimes great hackers joinup instead of startup . That is what Paul Buchheit did : http://paulbuchheit.blogspot.com/2007/03/looking-for-co-founder-try-attending.html send resumes: http://www.xobni.com/jobs.php

let me +1 this post.. adam and matt are not only damn smart but awesome guys (i worked out of their living room last summer and we had a great time.) xobni's on a fantastic trajectory and this is a rare opportunity for a smart hacker to get in early -- definitely check them out.

Re: Vote up if you're rejected but will still proceed

#36

Post by vlad »

philc wrote: post #32
vlad wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

People here have voted to continue to work on their startup and there's nothing to be sorry about. That is probably a great job opportunity, but not the same as starting up your own business. A lot of companies (like Xobni) take years to get up and running, and that's doing it full-time. How can somebody expect to do a startup while working 40 hours a week for somebody else without putting in the full-time hours? Fin…

I don't think you'd join something like Xobni and also do a startup on the side; Matt didn't mean that. The point of joining a startup this early is that it becomes your startup. Same concept as finding someone who's already tackling the same problem you were planning to, and joining up. "Job opportunities" usually give Benefits and Work-life Balance. Xobni would give you (hopefully) lucrative equity and the sprint-o…

Oh. The "send resumes" part made me think they were posting a job ad, in a thread where 30 members voted to "proceed with their startup anyway."

Re: Vote up if you're rejected but will still proceed

#37

Post by dhouston »

vlad wrote: post #36
philc wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't think you'd join something like Xobni and also do a startup on the side; Matt didn't mean that. The point of joining a startup this early is that it becomes your startup. Same concept as finding someone who's already tackling the same problem you were planning to, and joining up. "Job opportunities" usually give Benefits and Work-life Balance. Xobni would give you (hopefully) lucrative equity and the sprint-o…

Oh. The "send resumes" part made me think they were posting a job ad, in a thread where 30 members voted to "proceed with their startup anyway."

they are looking for employees :P but it would be a much better learning experience than a typical job; you'd be joining early enough that you'd be with the company basically from the beginning and would have much more of an opportunity to take on serious responsibility and make a significant impact (that, and much more equity than later employees :P)

Re: Vote up if you're rejected but will still proceed

#38

Post by vlad »

dhouston wrote: post #35
brezina wrote: post #19

Hi guys. Sorry about the news. I suggest joining my YC alum startup, Xobni, instead. Sometimes great hackers joinup instead of startup . That is what Paul Buchheit did : http://paulbuchheit.blogspot.com/2007/03/looking-for-co-founder-try-attending.html send resumes: http://www.xobni.com/jobs.php

let me +1 this post.. adam and matt are not only damn smart but awesome guys (i worked out of their living room last summer and we had a great time.) xobni's on a fantastic trajectory and this is a rare opportunity for a smart hacker to get in early -- definitely check them out.

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Re: Vote up if you're rejected but will still proceed

#39

Post by vlad »

dhouston wrote: post #37
vlad wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Oh. The "send resumes" part made me think they were posting a job ad, in a thread where 30 members voted to "proceed with their startup anyway."

they are looking for employees :P but it would be a much better learning experience than a typical job; you'd be joining early enough that you'd be with the company basically from the beginning and would have much more of an opportunity to take on serious responsibility and make a significant impact (that, and much more equity than later employees :P)

Definitely! It's a great job opportunity and you guys are great! I was just wondering why a job ad was posted here. :P

Re: Vote up if you're rejected but will still proceed

#40

Post by whacked_new »

bls wrote: post #33
whacked_new wrote: post #30

Just to share a little story. I am "stuck" in a foreign country for some strange reasons; one of them is to avoid folks squaking at me for this crazy endeavour. YC would be a good excuse to fly back; it passes off as a job interview of sorts. I am destined to piss off the older people. Shrug.

Where? I am currently in Thailand.

japan. on traveler's visa. very, very random story.
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