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YC is in an amazing position where hundreds (thousands?) of great entrepreneurs come to them, and they get to pick and choose the cream of the crop. So please, don't their their rejection too seriously.
I recall following your 3banana posts on lurking about on AWOT/WayOT years ago. Again, best of luck.
98% of companies that apply to YC get rejected. Around 10% of startups succeed. Given this, YC rejects about 3 out of 4 successful startups even if their selection method is absolutely perfect. YC is in an amazing position where hundreds (thousands?) of great entrepreneurs come to them, and they get to pick and choose the cream of the crop. So please, don't their their rejection too seriously.
At least that's what I've been seeing here in HN recently.
Great to hear Andreas. I recall following your 3banana posts on lurking about on AWOT/WayOT years ago. Again, best of luck.
Small world, it is.
Congrats and thanks for sharing - out of interest, how did you meet your co-founder?
A good friend of mine from AudiWorld / Way0t introduced me to one his friends from one of his wine clubs. Funny how that works.
But glad to hear the story behind the change and see that are you doing well!
Congrats. How much did you pay for the domain Catch.com?
Danke! Sorry, I can't give the exact details but it wasn't that much. What was really cool is the seller of Catch.com could have sold it to a much bigger company and chose us instead. These acts of kindness are so touching, it is incredibly how people go out their way to help startups.
You reached out when my friend suddenly and unfortunately became famous over the theft of a certain phone, offering him a job if needed and any other help you could give.
I haven't forgotten it. Good things happen for good people, and many good things are sure to come your way. Thank you.
A question though. Catch has no ads in the mobile apps or on the web site, so there isn't any revenue generated there as far as I can tell. The entire product is completely free, the API is free to use, etc. How does a product like this generate revenue?
I used to use 3banana, thought it was great. One day after updating, the 3banana icon disappeared and was something called Catch. I had no idea what was going on, so quit using it and started using evernote. But glad to hear the story behind the change and see that are you doing well!
Feel free to email me at aschobel [at] catch.com to share your thoughts.