6 for 6? Do you mean 6 for 7?
And congratulations - when one door closes another one opens.
Rejected from YC last night... got anchor client this morning
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Re: Rejected from YC last night... got anchor client this morning
#22I have renewed hope in my startup SocialHelix we have had some new and interesting interest. Plus I know how I want to build the backend now. Graph services are tough.
Was this downvoted for seeming spammy?
Re: Rejected from YC last night... got anchor client this morning
#23Customers are more important then investors.
Re: Rejected from YC last night... got anchor client this morning
#24I have renewed hope in my startup SocialHelix we have had some new and interesting interest. Plus I know how I want to build the backend now. Graph services are tough.
I have to say, I love your idea for bring google-maps-like navigation to other, abstract concepts. You aren't thinking of releasing a jQuery plugin for doing that by any chance, are you :~)?
Re: Rejected from YC last night... got anchor client this morning
#25It's probably worth remembering that the last time YC talked about the number of applicants (a couple of years ago), it was something like 800. They usually accept about 20, and given the way the model works it's probably not possible to handle more. Now, of course half of those are probably applying on a whim--just finished college, or whatever, figured "Hey, what the heck, let's try getting rich...or at least conti…
If we said 800 we must have been talking per year, not per cycle. The number has gone up since, but it's still not 800 per cycle.
Re: Rejected from YC last night... got anchor client this morning
#26Stormpulse was politely turned down by YC in 2007. I'm sure getting accepted would have changed things in a good way, but I can't complain about the way things are going; a YC-no-thanks is not a fatal judgment.
Why don't you get your own email address @stormpulse.com instead of gmail?
Re: Rejected from YC last night... got anchor client this morning
#27Stormpulse was politely turned down by YC in 2007. I'm sure getting accepted would have changed things in a good way, but I can't complain about the way things are going; a YC-no-thanks is not a fatal judgment.
Why don't you get your own email address @stormpulse.com instead of gmail?
We've thought about it, but it's never been a priority. I guess that's strange, eh?
Re: Rejected from YC last night... got anchor client this morning
#28Despite being rejected for YC, pg and team couldn't have done it in a more graceful way.
I was appreciative of the way the email read.
Re: Rejected from YC last night... got anchor client this morning
#29It's probably worth remembering that the last time YC talked about the number of applicants (a couple of years ago), it was something like 800. They usually accept about 20, and given the way the model works it's probably not possible to handle more. Now, of course half of those are probably applying on a whim--just finished college, or whatever, figured "Hey, what the heck, let's try getting rich...or at least conti…
If we said 800 we must have been talking per year, not per cycle. The number has gone up since, but it's still not 800 per cycle.
Sometimes I doze off a little when you're talking. This must be one of those occasions. Sorry.
Re: Rejected from YC last night... got anchor client this morning
#30I got turned too. We're competing with eBay and our site launches in 2 weeks.