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Re: YC Summer 2017 Invites/Rejections

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Post by lordvon »

Ashu_14 wrote: post #317

A rejected application the second time in a row. Had applied to YC W17 batch wherein got rejected after interview. I really doubt if I'm going to apply again in future. As someone marked in the previous comments, YC is now all about high standards and the companies they sign would anyways had done great without them as well. Since the last time we applied, we experienced quite a good growth in terms of revenues and c…

To your last point, not true. I think I fit the category of hardware and got an interview with a prototype.

Re: YC Summer 2017 Invites/Rejections

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Post by gibbsfree »

jaymeh13 wrote: post #335
sontek wrote: post #310

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Can you provide any tips on how you reached out to other alum in preparation (you said you prepared with AlphaFlow and Snapdocs for example). Also, are you allowed to share any of the questions you had that you found surprising?

Sure. We simply emailed other YC founders asking if they had advice on the interview process. The questions are no secret. It's really only 3 questions: 1. what are you working on. 2. How do you grow. 3. How does this become a billion dollar company. Articulating the problem, how it scales and is defensible is key. Here are a few links we used - http://henrikzillmer.com/dos-and-donts-at-the-y-combinator-i... - http:/…

Thanks for sharing

Re: YC Summer 2017 Invites/Rejections

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Post by blhack »

nandorsky wrote: post #337
blhack wrote: post #322

I have to be honest, this is an emotion I'm not entirely familiar with. I totally get rejection, I've been rejected for all sorts of things, but normally for rejection I can understand on some level why . This I don't get. Not only are we applying with a company that fits with an RFS, not only is our team really solid, not only is concept proven, but we have a possibility to do real social good that both makes money…

Sorry if this sounds harsh but who gives a flying F. If you're a startup founder you not only need to have this mentality but truly believe it. You need to re-ground yourself and come to terms that if you're running a company you're going to punched in the face, a lot. You're going to get rejected, a lot. This will happen again and again and again and then once you think it won't happen anymore, bam - it'll happen ag…

Hey thanks for the feedback. You're right, and reading that again it sounds stupid. I was frustrated just at not getting at least a brief explanation of why for the rejection, maybe that is asking for too much, though.

YC definitely was not the make-or-break for us, it just sounded like a really good program, and my cofounder and I were, imho justifiably, disappointed at not getting accepted.

We've had other offers, and we turned them down because we wanted to wait to see if we got into YC or not. So I at least hope we weren't looking for validation. We've (at least in my eyes) already gotten that from other investors.

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