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Can you give any examples of late applications that eventually become YC-funded companies? Just curious.
The deadline was going to be while we were over the Atlantic and I had written the application on the flight down from SFO to LAX.
I distinctly remember fumbling trying to pay for the stupid T-Mobile hotspot before hitting submit and running for the gate.
Can you give any examples of late applications that eventually become YC-funded companies? Just curious.
We (Auctomatic W07) applied on a whim back in November 2006. We were in London, had no idea how YC would react to a foreign team, and worse, neither of us could hack back then. I remember discussing with Harj just that week that we really should move to the Valley, but it wasn't really obvious how we should. Harj spent about 10 minutes drafting an application and I spent 30 mins on the train ride home that evening ed…
Can you give any examples of late applications that eventually become YC-funded companies? Just curious.
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Justin and I applied for Kiko Calendar (YC S05) just before the deadline. We only found out about 2 days before that it even existed. I think we convinced the airbnb guys to apply for YC on the day of the deadline.
That was a great little app - I am sorry it never worked out.
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Thanks for the response! I actually did some research and used this video as a model for my application! As far as the re-applying I actually meant re-submitting* (I.e. I have never applied to YC before with any company, however I have re-submitted my app for this session probably 5 or 6 times) I'm guessing the comment below addresses that particular question?
Resubmitting is fine. Do that as much as you want.