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Ask HN: Rejected from YC? Who are you?
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Re: Ask HN: Rejected from YC? Who are you?
#92We got rejected also. We're a designer & developer in Ireland, both early 30s (one American, one Irish). We've built a platform for designing/building magazines & newspapers once and publishing them everywhere (epub, .mobi, html, ipad, pdf, etc.)
It's called Woop.ie (Write Only Once, Publish It Everywhere), and we have a small number of customers at the moment. We just have a holding page here: http://woop.ie but our demo page was live and allowed magazine creation, issue building, previewing, etc. It got some visitors from yc. Unfortunately guess it wasn't enough this time around.
We'll keep working on it obviously. Considering applying to Brooklyn Beta summer camp, actually, anyone else?
Re: Ask HN: Rejected from YC? Who are you?
#93Rejected. We build mobile mall app with indoor positioning based on wifi fingerprinting. App allows user to find what he wants inside of mall, and retailers get ability to analyze user's routes and push location aware ads. Think of point inside with better accuracy. Yc is awesome opportunity but not the only one so rejection is not painful at all.
This one actually sounds pretty awesome.
Re: Ask HN: Rejected from YC? Who are you?
#94We 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…
This looks great -- I applied with my co-founder with a social list site as well and didn't get an interview either.
Are you all in the Bay area? We'd love to grab coffee if you're interested -- it sounds like we have a slightly different twist on lists than you do and would love to meet if you're up for it. My email is trippp at gmail.
Re: Ask HN: Rejected from YC? Who are you?
#95We got rejected also. We're a designer & developer in Ireland, both early 30s (one American, one Irish). We've built a platform for designing/building magazines & newspapers once and publishing them everywhere (epub, .mobi, html, ipad, pdf, etc.) It's called Woop.ie (Write Only Once, Publish It Everywhere), and we have a small number of customers at the moment. We just have a holding page here: http://woop.ie but our…
Hey guys have you considered applying to the Knight News Challenge? http://newschallenge.tumblr.com/
Re: Ask HN: Rejected from YC? Who are you?
#96Rejected 2 years ago for what some other guys in Cali launched as Gigwalk last May. I had a PhD and a CS guy on my team (albeit none of us were in the same city). I'm an information professional with a background in media production and ed tech. So since GW launched I've been watching closely and thinking about pivoting only slightly to something aimed at professional journalists, photographers and videographers, worldwide, who want to be able to charge their regular rates and have the option of being completely anonymous.
Re: Ask HN: Rejected from YC? Who are you?
#97We 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…
This looks great -- I applied with my co-founder with a social list site as well and didn't get an interview either. Are you all in the Bay area? We'd love to grab coffee if you're interested -- it sounds like we have a slightly different twist on lists than you do and would love to meet if you're up for it. My email is trippp at gmail.
Sure. Check your email :)
Re: Ask HN: Rejected from YC? Who are you?
#98Got my rejection letter as well. Beta not quite ready, but if you are interested, my landing page http://www.cardzeum.com will give an idea of what I am developing.
Feedback welcome
Re: Ask HN: Rejected from YC? Who are you?
#99We got rejected also. We're a designer & developer in Ireland, both early 30s (one American, one Irish). We've built a platform for designing/building magazines & newspapers once and publishing them everywhere (epub, .mobi, html, ipad, pdf, etc.) It's called Woop.ie (Write Only Once, Publish It Everywhere), and we have a small number of customers at the moment. We just have a holding page here: http://woop.ie but our…
Hey guys have you considered applying to the Knight News Challenge? http://newschallenge.tumblr.com/
No, but that sounds like a great fit, thanks! Have signed up so I know when the next round opens up for applications. Thanks, great pointer.
Re: Ask HN: Rejected from YC? Who are you?
#100We 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.…
I always thought the main barrier with international money transfers was the cost. If your backbone is something like WU, how do you reduce costs?...and can't Western Union roll out of bed one day and decide to make it even easier to send money?