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We mistakenly marked about 50 applications as late

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Re: We mistakenly marked about 50 applications as late

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Post by mcantor »

baberuth wrote: post #40
EGreg wrote: post #39

Hey, pg ... does that include our application by any chance? I realize you don't have to answer this, but I am just curious: It seems on the surface that our company is much closer to what you say YC is looking for, than many companies you had in W10, S10, etc. Let me just illustrate a couple points: 1. You emphasize resilience: we got rejected by YC in the past and went ahead and raised funding, launched and already…

"My co founder can father a small child just by looking at a woman" Hilarious. With great power comes great responsibility...

And great alimony?

Re: We mistakenly marked about 50 applications as late

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Post by mceachen »

baberuth wrote: post #40
EGreg wrote: post #39

Hey, pg ... does that include our application by any chance? I realize you don't have to answer this, but I am just curious: It seems on the surface that our company is much closer to what you say YC is looking for, than many companies you had in W10, S10, etc. Let me just illustrate a couple points: 1. You emphasize resilience: we got rejected by YC in the past and went ahead and raised funding, launched and already…

"My co founder can father a small child just by looking at a woman" Hilarious. With great power comes great responsibility...

The fathering comment is an in-joke with our batch: http://adgrok.com/?p=666

Re: We mistakenly marked about 50 applications as late

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Post by [deleted] »

EGreg wrote: post #39

Hey, pg ... does that include our application by any chance? I realize you don't have to answer this, but I am just curious: It seems on the surface that our company is much closer to what you say YC is looking for, than many companies you had in W10, S10, etc. Let me just illustrate a couple points: 1. You emphasize resilience: we got rejected by YC in the past and went ahead and raised funding, launched and already…

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Re: We mistakenly marked about 50 applications as late

#44

Post by georgemcbay »

invalidOrTaken wrote: post #21

This is none of my business, but I'm a little confused. I don't see why pg/yc has to apologize. When was the last time a vc acted like he was obligated to hear your elevator pitch, let alone read your huge application---and not only do that, but do it FAIRLY, without giving undue advantage to some other guy with a plan and an MVP (...or not)?

I'm a little confused by the idea that just because you don't have to do something, you shouldn't do it. I do things all the time that I don't have to do because not doing them would make me kind of a dick. I don't want to be a dick and I doubt pg/yc does either.

Re: We mistakenly marked about 50 applications as late

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Post by rabble »

pg wrote: post #24
phlux wrote: post #7

So, assuming I got a rejection letter AND I updated after the deadline, I'm guessing my rejection still stands? ;)

Yes, sorry. This bug got fixed at a certain point, so not all the late edits marked the application as late.

So if we edited late, and got a rejection letter, then we were reviewed and rejected. This is only for folks who did NOT get a rejection letter, right?

Re: We mistakenly marked about 50 applications as late

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Post by tiabasnk »

It's funny but I noticed this when I submitted my application. I had been frantically trying to polish it up and was suprised by the fact that I was still able to resubmit even after the deadline (at this time the page didn't state that it would be counted as a late submission). The late submission page came up about two and a half hours after the time of the deadline and after I had done about 10 resubmissions. lol!
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