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Ask YC: When can we expect to know our YC application status?

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Re: Ask YC: When can we expect to know our YC application status?

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A watched kettle never boils.

It's so true. Apparently 'a refreshed inbox never changes' also holds true.

At least everything works asynchronously now. Waiting for a phone call used to be excruciating, before voicemail. Thankfully, we don't have to worry about someone "tying up the email" while we wait.

Re: Ask YC: When can we expect to know our YC application status?

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My recommendation: go out and get a cool drink from some hippy juice bar, relax, and then go to bed before midnight. Read a book or watch a movie instead of checking until tomorrow morning. (I'm not being sarcastic; that's what I'm planning on doing. Blueberry-orange-pineapple smoothie ahoy!) Finding out about the results sooner won't alter them, and the anticipation/worry is almost always worse than the reveal of wh…

Or better yet, just assume you're not getting it, because even if you get invited, you statistically still probably aren't going to be accepted. Keep building your application, chasing up contacts, figuring out the next step and planning on taking over the world with or without YC.

A year ago they kept 2 out of 3 invitees IIRC.

Re: Ask YC: When can we expect to know our YC application status?

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Or better yet, just assume you're not getting it, because even if you get invited, you statistically still probably aren't going to be accepted. Keep building your application, chasing up contacts, figuring out the next step and planning on taking over the world with or without YC.

A year ago they kept 2 out of 3 invitees IIRC.

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Re: Ask YC: When can we expect to know our YC application status?

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Go out with your team and eat something tasty or drink a couple of nice beers. There should be an endless amount of things to talk about regarding your startup that don't depend on yc.

Come back and check your email around midnight, then decide what your next step will be.

(this is exactly what I'm doing)

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