How I Got Kicked Out of Y Combinator and Then Raised $1.5m for My Startup

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Post by eoghan » Fri, Feb 11, 2011, 9:12 PM UTC

Re: How I Got Kicked Out of Y Combinator and Then Raised $1.5m for My Startup

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Post by dariusmonsef » Fri, Feb 11, 2011, 9:15 PM UTC

Glad I could be a part of this story of boy meets incubator, boy loses incubator... boy still gets the funding. :)

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Post by eoghan » Fri, Feb 11, 2011, 9:18 PM UTC

Love this story and can vouch for its authenticity!

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Feb 11, 2011, 9:19 PM UTC

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Feb 11, 2011, 9:23 PM UTC

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Post by micahb37 » Fri, Feb 11, 2011, 9:23 PM UTC

vision is something Jon is not short on...great post!

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Post by joshu » Fri, Feb 11, 2011, 9:25 PM UTC

As my cofounders are no doubt tired of me saying: "Keep your hat on, we could end up a long way from here."

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Post by jeffreyk » Fri, Feb 11, 2011, 9:25 PM UTC

I couldn't be more proud of Jon, Janette and Storenvy. Serious ass-kickers.

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Post by Zakuzaa » Fri, Feb 11, 2011, 9:27 PM UTC

[deleted] wrote: post #5

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ShowedUpWithoutTeamThatWasAccepted = GotKickedOutOf

Rejected != GotKickedOutOf

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Post by erichurst » Fri, Feb 11, 2011, 9:30 PM UTC

You can say all you want about resiliency, but I think it was the ninja-moves animated gif.