Thanks for reminding me. I don't even remember that they will give out the interviews today. Take it easy.
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?
#22My 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…
Haha. That's terrible advice! :) How about just checking your email once every few hours or when you feel like it? That seems to be a less extreme reaction.
Many people who took the application seriously will have been working like crazy the past couple of weeks, and the very serious entrepreneurs have months or years more of it ahead. A "night off" would probably do a lot of good for some of the applicants.
Getting a relatively healthy drink, enjoying some leisure time, and going to sleep at a reasonable hour... I can think of much worse advice. :P
Re: Ask YC: When can we expect to know our YC application status?
#23My 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.
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#24Earlier quoted context omitted.
While a watched kettle never seems to boil, my ruby script that scanned for a pg comment did signal.
You gotta share that script or give it a web address
hooande
just replace the to and from number and excuse the lack of any error correcting. go out, get a beer, and wait.
Re: Ask YC: When can we expect to know our YC application status?
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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.
Yes, if you make it to the interview, your odds are excellent. In our batch roughly 50% of interviewees made it, and that number increased in subsequent batches. I've suspected that the application phase is where all of the downward pressure comes in--since they get so many, and the interview weekend only has so many slots available for talking to people. The quality of the applicants that make it to the interview has probably gone up remarkably. This time around, pg has enlisted the help of prior founders to get a better feel for applicants (and give the applicants a chance to ask all the questions they have about YC of folks who've experienced it), so it seems likely that those that make it to the interview are even more likely to be accepted.
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#26Earlier quoted context omitted.
You gotta share that script or give it a web address
hooande http://pastie.caboo.se/178157 just replace the to and from number and excuse the lack of any error correcting. go out, get a beer, and wait.
oh, i guess i should mention. it sends a SMS to a sprint phone via Sprint's www interface. i do not know (nor do i care) if it works for other cell phones. you can see if it does by setting the starting_count variable to 0.
Re: Ask YC: When can we expect to know our YC application status?
#27Just put it in the back of your mind and continue executing everything you wrote about in your application.
Re: Ask YC: When can we expect to know our YC application status?
#28Earlier quoted context omitted.
A year ago they kept 2 out of 3 invitees IIRC.
Yes, if you make it to the interview, your odds are excellent. In our batch roughly 50% of interviewees made it, and that number increased in subsequent batches. I've suspected that the application phase is where all of the downward pressure comes in--since they get so many, and the interview weekend only has so many slots available for talking to people. The quality of the applicants that make it to the interview ha…
But you still shouldn't bet on it. That was my point. It wouldn't matter if the odds later on were 90% or 10%, that's still several potentially wasted weeks. Just keep going.
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#29I like National Geographic: pangolins http://youtube.com/watch?v=r2cyp8k8uuM pygmy seahorse http://youtube.com/watch?v=k4q3sBuCkRQ critter cam, turtles: http://youtube.com/watch?v=Q_D51Ui_XMI These things calm me.
haha! Thank You!
Re: Ask YC: When can we expect to know our YC application status?
#30Yes, go the Alpha-beta pruning approach. Assume you were rejected and don't wait till too late to find out how screwed you are. Continue working and launch 1 day earlier ;)