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I question the value of telling someone they "shouldn't" be an entrepreneur. Even that they "aren't" an entrepreneur.
Closing shop doesn't have to be a permanent thing.
Didn't get accepted for this round of YC? Decide what that means for you, then continue to live your life.
Girl Scout Gold Award recipient here just got rejected. (: I'm looking for a cofounder if anyone knows anyone interested in working on a social startup. I'm more interested in finding passionate people than people with a particular skillset.
I noticed it on the home page too.
I turned 18 before I could complete my Eagle. But Boy Scouts had a lasting impact on the way I live my life. There are many things I have tackled in my life because I have the courage to stand up and do something others might not. A scout is trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean and reverent.
Then at some point I decided I'd rather do something that other kids my age were also doing, so after much hand-wringing I quit Boy Scouts and joined the theater. I ended up being the lead in the school musical senior year, and I sung in choirs all through college. I did light opera. I joined a gospel choir and performed in baptist churches all across the state.
I also developed a deep belief that I could try totally new things that were outside my comfort zone, and excel at them.
I sometimes wonder whether I should've stayed and gotten the Eagle. Finishing things is certainly a weakness of mine. Maybe if I had spent those last two two years of high school hanging around with 13 year olds and building a bridge in the woods I'd be a better finisher. But I'd be a worse artist. And I'd be a more cautious person.
This is the second time I got rejected from YCombinator. And quitting is the furthest thing from my mind. But I'm glad I quit back then.
> If this bump in the road rattles you enough to close shop, you shouldn't be an entrepreneur. I question the value of telling someone they "shouldn't" be an entrepreneur. Even that they "aren't" an entrepreneur. Closing shop doesn't have to be a permanent thing. Didn't get accepted for this round of YC? Decide what that means for you, then continue to live your life.
Girl Scout Gold Award recipient here just got rejected. (: I'm looking for a cofounder if anyone knows anyone interested in working on a social startup. I'm more interested in finding passionate people than people with a particular skillset.
http://thypope.posterous.com/my-latest-y-combinator-applicat...
Tried to make them think. I believe they're in a loop of... self-indulgence, really. Since I think they do their best to stay the $#@! away from taking risks with any "unorthodox" ideas.
I've got nothing against YC, but I've seemed to go into "success is the best revenge" mode ha.
To be honest it's a good wake up call, I need to stop treating my start up as a lifestyle business.
Dropping out of university at the end of this term and i'm pushing forward with it.
Decisions been made.
Disappointed. I've got nothing against YC, but I've seemed to go into "success is the best revenge" mode ha. To be honest it's a good wake up call, I need to stop treating my start up as a lifestyle business. Dropping out of university at the end of this term and i'm pushing forward with it. Decisions been made.