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We applied (and got rejected in the first round) from the U.C. Berkeley Business Plan competition first in spring of 2009, then again in the spring of 2010. We also got turned away from TechStars during Spring 2009. We also tried raising angel money in the summer of 2009 and couldn't get a single commitment.
It's not all fun and roses.
This kept us going for a while: http://www.paulgraham.com/die.html
There is always next time, and then 2 more times after that. :-)
inDinero saw rejection many times before getting into Y Combinator... We applied (and got rejected in the first round) from the U.C. Berkeley Business Plan competition first in spring of 2009, then again in the spring of 2010. We also got turned away from TechStars during Spring 2009. We also tried raising angel money in the summer of 2009 and couldn't get a single commitment. It's not all fun and roses. This kept us…
A few months later I asked another girl out.
Two snowstorms and a few years later, the third girl is now my wife.
Rejection isn't always bad.
"I DON'T WANT TO BELONG TO ANY CLUB THAT WILL ACCEPT PEOPLE LIKE ME AS A MEMBER". - Groucho Marx
I don't know about you guys, but I'm still in a pretty good mood despite being declined. I quit my job yesterday and I'm going to be working on my (3rd) startup full time. It's liberating to become completely dependent on your own ability. Bootstrapping: "a self-sustaining process that proceeds without external help"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woOu_4l3lio