YC Rejection Emails Are Out • Hacker News Board

Re: YC Rejection Emails Are Out

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Post by visualcsharp » Fri, Nov 16, 2012, 1:34 AM UTC

visualcsharp wrote: post #7

OH NOOOOOOOOOOOOES!!!!11eleventyhundredandone!! Life goes on, folks, in spite of angel investors wanting every last ounce of your collective creative juices for almost no wage.

Uh oh, downvoted for writing the truth? That's /never/ been done before--not /once/!

Re: YC Rejection Emails Are Out

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Post by biscarch » Fri, Nov 16, 2012, 1:34 AM UTC

jeffreyshaw wrote: post #6

I'm going to show up for an interview anyways.

afaik that's a terrible idea.

Re: YC Rejection Emails Are Out

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Post by trefn » Fri, Nov 16, 2012, 1:35 AM UTC

Hi everyone -

Startups are hard. I hope you'll keep going in the face of adversity.

If so, Mixpanel is here to help. Forward a copy of your YC rejection email to free@mixpanel.com and we'll hook you up with our $150/month Startup plan, free forever.

Re: YC Rejection Emails Are Out

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Post by antonID » Fri, Nov 16, 2012, 1:36 AM UTC

jeffreyshaw wrote: post #6

I'm going to show up for an interview anyways.

Have fun being escorted out of the office by the cops

Re: YC Rejection Emails Are Out

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Post by sjtgraham » Fri, Nov 16, 2012, 1:36 AM UTC

jeffreyshaw wrote: post #6

I'm going to show up for an interview anyways.

A lot of people do that, and unsurprisingly some people (maybe all) working at YC do not appreciate it. Personally I would advise against it and think of a different way to get to the partners, n.b. Instacart, rather than show up to YC when everyone is extremely busy and putting YC staff in difficult positions.

Re: YC Rejection Emails Are Out

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Post by ryangallen » Fri, Nov 16, 2012, 1:38 AM UTC

It was fun anyways. Applying really lit a fire under my ass. Since September, I learned a ton about web development and starting a business.

Re: YC Rejection Emails Are Out

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Post by visualcsharp » Fri, Nov 16, 2012, 1:39 AM UTC

viviantan wrote: post #10

Me too. Best of luck next time to everyone! Btw, there are post-application morale-boosting celebrations happening all over the place. I'm hosting one this Saturday in the Bay Area. Hope you'll join us! More info here and here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4787228 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4775943

Is this serious? Folks really throw rejection parties?

Re: YC Rejection Emails Are Out

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Post by visualcsharp » Fri, Nov 16, 2012, 1:41 AM UTC

trefn wrote: post #13

Hi everyone - Startups are hard. I hope you'll keep going in the face of adversity. If so, Mixpanel is here to help. Forward a copy of your YC rejection email to free@mixpanel.com and we'll hook you up with our $150/month Startup plan, free forever.

It's cool what you're offering, but IMO being rejected by YC isn't "adversity." Folks need to stop pinning their hopes on a handout from others. How about everyone uses their spare time to build something cool, deploy it to a cheap Web server costing $30/m, see if people use it, actually /sell/ product and then go straight to the big dog investors?

Re: YC Rejection Emails Are Out

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Post by johnabowen » Fri, Nov 16, 2012, 1:42 AM UTC

Do all of the team members get an email, or just the one who submitted?

Re: YC Rejection Emails Are Out

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Post by zoba » Fri, Nov 16, 2012, 1:42 AM UTC

trefn wrote: post #13

Hi everyone - Startups are hard. I hope you'll keep going in the face of adversity. If so, Mixpanel is here to help. Forward a copy of your YC rejection email to free@mixpanel.com and we'll hook you up with our $150/month Startup plan, free forever.

Sent! I only forwarded it, didn't include any extra text. Do I need to do anything else or should I just wait patiently for a response?

Thanks for offering this! Doesn't feel as much like rejection any more ;)