I have not got anything yet be it rejection or acceptance for interview. Checked all my mailboxs (spam & inbox).
Is it all over and out? Any one who haven't got anything yet?
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#82OK so all of you who submitted the application on-time have received your response email. Does anyone know when I should expect a response if I applied late? Will I even get a response?
We haven't heard yet and were a late applicant too.
Not sure if we'll get a reply in time to make it over to the states (from Australia), but the FAQ suggests that they will respond at some point:
"You can submit a late application up till the start of the summer 2012 YC cycle in June, but we can promise nothing about how carefully we'll read it or when we'll respond to you."
Re: Tell HN: YC Application Responses Are Out
#83OK so all of you who submitted the application on-time have received your response email. Does anyone know when I should expect a response if I applied late? Will I even get a response?
We haven't heard yet and were a late applicant too. Not sure if we'll get a reply in time to make it over to the states (from Australia), but the FAQ suggests that they will respond at some point: "You can submit a late application up till the start of the summer 2012 YC cycle in June, but we can promise nothing about how carefully we'll read it or when we'll respond to you."
Yes, that does seem to imply that eventually we might get a response.
Thanks for pointing that out :)
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#84Earlier quoted context omitted.
Woke up this morning to a rejection email. The good news is that this means I have successfully achieved my New Year's Resolution of failing more. The bad news is that it doesn't make failing any easier! We didn't even hear about Y-Combinator until the week before, but I'd echo notdarkyet's comments about how you start to dream. Either way, the process has already been a very worthwhile exercise, without which I woul…
Just to put it out there - why not continue on the rejected idea? YCombinator are good, but not infallible. Just because they reject your application doesn't guarantee that your idea doesn't have legs.
Thanks for the suggestions - we absolutely will be doing. Though I didn't apply to Y-Combinator because I thought the idea needed validation, or because I needed the money, I applied for two main reasons:
1. I feel the programme represents the best possible start for the company, the buzz of being around so many super smart people with a constant focus on delivery would help make it a success.
2. The programme would provide a framework for the transition we need to make from a corporate job to startup world. No matter what anyone tells you, it's extremely difficult to give a startup enough attention when you're doing it "on-the-side" of a big four corporate job due to the sheer number of hours (let alone the regulations). It's also very hard to leave a six-figure tax-free salary at 27 under current economic conditions without a framework for a transition.
I recognise that 2. is a complete excuse regardless of its merits. Given that I don't want to be sitting around at 70 wondering why I never did what I truly wanted to, I now have a lot of thinking to do about where to take this - i.e. take the plunge and self fund; minimise workload to bare minimum to find some time to work on the side; find a startup in Silicon Valley to join to move in the right direction.
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#85I haven't applied this year but I really hate that rejection email. I hope one day YC could man up and tell why it was refused rather then giving a "You don't need to get in to create a successful business" bullshit. Even if it's only one sentence. I feel like not doing so is really lacking respect for the teams who put hours filling it up. Add on top of that the fact that some demos are not even tried. As some peopl…
"I hope one day YC could man up and tell why it was refused rather then giving a "You don't need to get in to create a successful business" bullshit". It's not a matter of manning up or having respect. Do the math on what it'd take to email 3,000 rejected applicants.
"Do the math on what it'd take to email 3,000 rejected applicants."
Imagine reading 3,000 applicants!
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#86Rejected (No idea category) I ran our application past several YC alumni who gave it a thumbs up, and some of them even +1'd it behind the scenes. I thought our application was quite impressive. Even that wasn't enough to get an interview. Good luck to those of whom have been invited for interview, and of course those whose haven't! :)
How do you have an app but no idea? Did you make a cool app but you want to do something else?
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#87Earlier quoted context omitted.
Awesome idea. My guess is the business part is the weak spot, because from a consumer perspective it seems like an easy sell to me.
Thanks! The monetization should be easier in shopping than many other areas because it's just one step away from purchase. Btw we're doing lots of fun machine learning stuff, let me know if you might be up for interning here in Palo Alto. You can use the feedback link at the bottom of the site.
I should have put a disclaimer that I have no idea how much companies actually make from being affiliates. I was just guessing that was their concern.
Thanks, but I actually work at eNotes.com right now and going to be doing a startup with some friends. Always good to know, though :D ML is fun; when I was in high school I worked for a company which made a product recommendation engine called xPatterns and it was a lot of fun.
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#88Rejected as well, but I feel, Oh so good! Sorry to hear that so many people got their dreams crushed. However, lets stop having a pity party and start pivoting, building traction, and being bosses! Lets get educated and move on, and by educated I mean check us out at www.coursegain.com ;P
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#89We are PayGuard and we're building a payments platform that would specialize in long-distance/cross-border transactions. http://stark-river-6968.herokuapp.com/ We do this by combining your normal payments gateway with the global network of an international money transfer company (Western Union) with the twist of "escrow". We got our rejection letter too but we are forging ahead with launching our beta late this May. We believe eCommerce will globalize and payments will be at the forefront to make this happen. We want to create a world where anyone can buy or sell anything anywhere. We would appreciate any candid feedback on our idea....intellectual honesty is the best weapon against self delusion.
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