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Congratulations to everyone who got invited to interview.
And everyone else, remember, YC can help you get to where you want to go faster, but isn't everything. Don't give up and you will make it anyway.
Incidentally, since it's all over, here's what we posted for "tell us something interesting". (I think that was the question). I posted how 1/998001 is an awesome number!
http://rentivo.com/ycombinator/divide
(Perhaps I shouldn't have shown the PHP code! Ha. It's hard to make something so hacky not look so ugly).
Probably the nicest rejection letter I've ever seen, YC is definitely astute at winning hearts and minds.
We are getting involved in another incubator however it would have been great validation to get into YC. The caveat one has to hold onto is that it's your customers and users you have to be validated by, and not YC.
Great process, just building the application helped to develop insights into many of our assumptions, and product market fit. I'd encourage everyone to apply just for that reason.
Yeah...got our rejection. Probably the nicest rejection letter I've ever seen, YC is definitely astute at winning hearts and minds. We are getting involved in another incubator however it would have been great validation to get into YC. The caveat one has to hold onto is that it's your customers and users you have to be validated by, and not YC. Great process, just building the application helped to develop insights…