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Re: If you applied to YC this cycle, please put your email in your profile

#51

on behalf of everyone in the chat room who is incessantly asking, when should we expect notification (either way). people are consumed by this question and meaningful business/coding discussion has ceased.

hey, where is the chatroom? I had lost the link to it

Re: If you applied to YC this cycle, please put your email in your profile

#52
post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So how did it go go for you post YC? Did you progress? Or did you apply again?

From his profile: "I have always been very interested in the startup scene. I have been to startup school twice and applied to YC once with Docley (I didn't get in). I was working on something cool: http://docley.com . I am now working on something cooler: http://tabtrick.com/

From tabtrick's home:

"It will be simple and easily to do."

You might want to fix that -- typos on the front page aren't flattering!

Re: If you applied to YC this cycle, please put your email in your profile

#53
post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What makes you say that?

Well, it was kind of tongue-in-cheek, but eventually the truth would come out and users would be outraged - it's simply not worth it. Besides I just don't think PG has the mentality to do something like that :-)

We're mostly assuming pg would admit it right away ("I added 100 upvotes so people would see this"), not that he'd try to do it behind our backs :p

Re: If you applied to YC this cycle, please put your email in your profile

#55

on behalf of everyone in the chat room who is incessantly asking, when should we expect notification (either way). people are consumed by this question and meaningful business/coding discussion has ceased.

I received my rejection notification at 7:27PM Pacific time. I'll work on my startup anyway, and see how I go.

Re: If you applied to YC this cycle, please put your email in your profile

#56
post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What makes you say that?

Well, it was kind of tongue-in-cheek, but eventually the truth would come out and users would be outraged - it's simply not worth it. Besides I just don't think PG has the mentality to do something like that :-)

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Re: If you applied to YC this cycle, please put your email in your profile

#57
post #26

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I got a very nice rejection email last year. Here it is: We're sorry to say we couldn't accept your proposal for funding.Please don't take it personally. The quality of the applications continues to increase with each cycle, and since there's a limit on the number of interviews we can do, we had to turn away a lot of genuinely promising groups. Another reason you shouldn't take this personally is that we know we make…

So how did it go go for you post YC? Did you progress? Or did you apply again?

I didn't apply this year. Looking for a co-founder and just become a partner at my day job.

Re: If you applied to YC this cycle, please put your email in your profile

#58
post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

From his profile: "I have always been very interested in the startup scene. I have been to startup school twice and applied to YC once with Docley (I didn't get in). I was working on something cool: http://docley.com . I am now working on something cooler: http://tabtrick.com/

From tabtrick's home: "It will be simple and easily to do." You might want to fix that -- typos on the front page aren't flattering!

Fixed. Thanks for spotting it and mentioning it.

Re: If you applied to YC this cycle, please put your email in your profile

#59

I'm curious, if you have a moment PG: how much does not doing something like that peeve you? On the one hand, such detail-oriented mistakes aren't necessarily bad, especially in people who know how to notice when they miss them and it matters. On the other hand, sometimes details can kill you: You show up 15 minutes late when it matters . Does someone not including their e-mail ever push you from "go" to "no go" on a…

I don't think PG or anyone is peeved by it. It's just that if your email isn't in your profile, you won't get notified.
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