Yay! We're in (for the interview at least!)
Congrats! One of the first to post as far as I can tell.
Thanks!
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#92Rejected (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?
I think they meant YC Application not software application.
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#93Earlier quoted context omitted.
Have it at all occurred to you guys that some people might be running AdBlock and alike, so MixPanel/GA scripts won't even have a change to load? Hm.
Our demo was viewed 4 times yet got rejection. We were very confident and feeling pretty bad now :(
I wouldn't worry. It's not changed a single thing for us. YC is just the lamborghini. We are still going to get exactly where we need to go in our trusty wagon, we just might of got their quicker in the Lambo.
Ultimately, I don't think anything should change for anyone who got rejected.
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#94don't die, don't let your company die. That's the key Sam Altman advice to Pebble watch when they were not successful at raising VC funding http://www.communitech.ca/vcs-took-a-pass-on-crowdfunded-peb...
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#95Rejected as well. My husband and I were trying YC first but would love to hear about other options for our early stage startup. We live in the DC area if anyone knows of any development options in the area, please share
Connect with these people:
http://www.meetup.com/DC-Tech-Meetup/
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#96Rejected 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
Loved this ad :)
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#97I got rejected too :) Thank you for rejecting me because this will only make me stronger and more focused on my vision.
Remember, Steve Jobs got rejected by many people at first, before he got his first investment.
My startup is Jawoco.com, search engine which will let you search the web via social media recommendation.
Also have my web browser called Xtravo and the link can be found at jawoco.com
So who's applying for TechStars?
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#98Earlier quoted context omitted.
"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!
Replies could be generated automatically. Since I presume they are checking applications on computers/tablets they could make checks next to each question. The person reviewing the application could simply check "Not good enough" or "Deal-breaker" next to the answer. It wouldn't be a lot but at least you'd get some idea on what needs improvement, and it wouldn't take much effort on their part. Or am I over-simplifying this?
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#99For those of you rejected but determined to carry on regardless, would any of you be interested in contributing an interview/blog post?
I think a blog with regular updates from teams, showing their progress & determination.
I think it would be great to build a bit of an YC anti-portfolio and showcase the progress of the folks that just made it happen anyway.
YC admit themselves that they miss out on some great teams.
I'm sure it would be a great community also.
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#100We received our rejection as well. As much as you try to tell yourself say it is not a big deal, it still hurts. You question much of what you are doing. I have been grinding on many unsuccessful projects for a while now, and it's hard to stay positive. The funny thing is, we had no intention to apply to YC originally, but once we did, you start to dream about how it could change your life. How that might be the defi…
At the end of the day YC is just a business with the same goal as every other, to make money. They pick people and ideas aligned with their own interests. It also seems to be that a large part of it is to find companies that are easy to pitch at demo day for future investment.
It isn't a charity and given the number of applicants the chances are high that some other team has a more sellable or easier to market plan. For most of us that didn't get in the worst possible outcome is a bruised ego. Keep on working and see it as a chance to have a friendly competition with the companies that did get in this batch :)