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Re: Ask HN: Rejected from YC? Who are you?

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Post by ChuckMcM »

wmw wrote: post #14

We are building a realtime digital signage solution mainly powered by nodejs. Maybe we got rejected because we are from germany?

Not sure why you got down voted, seemed like valid info.

Of course being twisted in the way that I am twisted, it also generated a thought about 'real time digital signage.'

There are lots of trucks on the freeway, they drive along at night from point A to point B, so how cost effective would it be to put a very high mileage car to drive along behind them and optically stabilize the projection of signage on the back of the truck? (I saw the building projections and thought, those are pretty cool) Imagine you're driving down the freeway and you see a billboard for a restaurant which is available in a couple of miles.

Trucks could do this on themselves, perhaps it would offset the cost of gas. Imagine a unit that used GPS to know where it was and an arm that extended out the back and projected on the truck a location sensitive billboard. Either way it would be a fun hack.

Re: Ask HN: Rejected from YC? Who are you?

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Post by Lukeas14 »

Tossrock wrote: post #20
Lukeas14 wrote: post #16

I'm building http://www.iwaat.com , a search engine for web applications that I'm working to turn into a Yelp for apps. Also a solo founder looking for others to join me on this project. If you're building a web app feel free to add it to the site.

Sounds similar to Quixey: https://www.quixey.com/

Yup. They'd be the closest competitor. Although, they seem to be focused more on the technology than building a community which is my next focus.

Re: Ask HN: Rejected from YC? Who are you?

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Post by __float »

vashishthajogi wrote: post #17

We are building http://listypedia.com Listypedia is like Wikipedia for lists. It is a place for the users to find precise and concise information about the things they are looking for. It allows users to create and share lists with their social network. Few examples of the lists could be most scenic places on earth, things to carry for a camping trip, must have productivity apps for iphone, etc. The items added to th…

That's a cool idea. Unfortunately...I find the name rather awkward. Your site looks quite nice, though, best of luck :) Simply applying to YC is an achievement in itself.

Re: Ask HN: Rejected from YC? Who are you?

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Post by untog »

allanscu wrote: post #12

We built http://embark.at - the easiest way to buy and sell cruises online. We're a marketplace that connects people that like to cruise with travel agents who have awesome unadvertised deals. We have a demo video at http://embark.at

BTW, there is already a YCombinator company called Embark: http://ycombinator.posterous.com/embark-s11-is-now-plotting-...

Re: Ask HN: Rejected from YC? Who are you?

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Post by jsmith72 »

allanscu wrote: post #10
jsmith72 wrote: post #4

Don't know I applied as a team and still got rejected, ummm passed over. Should I take that more personally :-). Actually they have quite a tough job to do in reviewing so many applications. I the e-mail was actually almost too nice. It would have been helpful if it had some quantitative data as in what each person thought of it as in. As in a score or something even such as, we liked you but your idea really stunk,…

While it would be great for founders to get quantitative and qualitative feedback from PG & team, it would be a pretty daunting task for YC partners to give a well thought out answer to the 1000+ groups. While 1-2 sentence answer from YC could help out your company, it could open up a whole new can of worms that causes some groups to say, "but wait.." or "good idea, we can pivot...". Their nice rejection letter is pr…

I thought the same thing, except when they are reviewing it they must be taking brief notes like, hey my pet peeve no co-founder, or what ever. All I am saying is if they structured it to say a scale of 1-10 (as in 5 of the reviewer thought you needed a co-founder) or 5 out of 10 think the idea isn't good enough, or 7 of 10 thought the you didn't stand out, etc.

Re: Ask HN: Rejected from YC? Who are you?

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Post by vashishthajogi »

__float wrote: post #23
vashishthajogi wrote: post #17

We are building http://listypedia.com Listypedia is like Wikipedia for lists. It is a place for the users to find precise and concise information about the things they are looking for. It allows users to create and share lists with their social network. Few examples of the lists could be most scenic places on earth, things to carry for a camping trip, must have productivity apps for iphone, etc. The items added to th…

That's a cool idea. Unfortunately...I find the name rather awkward. Your site looks quite nice, though, best of luck :) Simply applying to YC is an achievement in itself.

Thanks for the positive comment. I have heard not so good things about the name from multiple folks. We are thinking to change it, but until we find a better one we are just going to keep it :)

Re: Ask HN: Rejected from YC? Who are you?

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Post by allanscu »

mituljain wrote: post #19
allanscu wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That shouldn't be a problem being from out of the US.

I'm not so sure - historically only people from the US , UK, Canada & Australia seem to have made it in. I don't blame them - being from one of these places significantly simplifies the whole visa stuff.

Depending on how your company is formed could make a big difference. Keep in mind that YC is investing $10-20K in your company, so it may not be appealing if there are $40K in legal costs to create an entity that they could invest in.
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