YC Rejection Emails Are Out • Hacker News Board

Re: YC Rejection Emails Are Out

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Post by robbiet480 » Fri, Nov 16, 2012, 1:49 AM UTC

stilldetermined wrote: post #21

Curious how many other people got questions from the partners, website logins, video views, and then got rejected. I didn't put much effort into my app, thinking it unlikely that they'd accept me, but darn it, they did get my hopes up a bit :-)

I got 3 questions from pg, 10 video views, rejected

Re: YC Rejection Emails Are Out

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Post by cryptoz » Fri, Nov 16, 2012, 1:52 AM UTC

Just got mine. Maybe next time! Gives a few more months to grow, gain users, build more features and change the world before YC interviews me. I got the email while arriving at a cafe to write more code to analyze Sandy, so the timing is apt I suppose. Teaser: http://i.imgur.com/c87tV.png

Re: YC Rejection Emails Are Out

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Nov 16, 2012, 1:53 AM UTC

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Re: YC Rejection Emails Are Out

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Post by biscarch » Fri, Nov 16, 2012, 1:54 AM UTC

stilldetermined wrote: post #21

Curious how many other people got questions from the partners, website logins, video views, and then got rejected. I didn't put much effort into my app, thinking it unlikely that they'd accept me, but darn it, they did get my hopes up a bit :-)

0 questions a video view or 2 Rejected

I also had to deal with losing a co-founder during the application process, so I wonder if my perceived instability was a factor. Trying to figure out why if it was a serious reason (instead of just having too many other qualified candidates), although I understand their personal reasons stance.

Re: YC Rejection Emails Are Out

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Post by bruceb » Fri, Nov 16, 2012, 1:54 AM UTC

rejected and they even watched the video...

Re: YC Rejection Emails Are Out

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Post by antoko » Fri, Nov 16, 2012, 1:55 AM UTC

visualcsharp wrote: post #11

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/!

yeah but you can write the truth without being an ass. Actually bother to make the case that YC isn't the be all and end all. Just stating it (not that you even went that far) doesn't add anything so you're being downvoted for being noise, not because you're speaking the "truth" and being oh so brave to do it on news.yc

Re: YC Rejection Emails Are Out

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Post by biscarch » Fri, Nov 16, 2012, 1:56 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. Much thanks for this. $150 isn't exactly chump change at the moment.

Re: YC Rejection Emails Are Out

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Post by co_pl_te » Fri, Nov 16, 2012, 1:57 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.

Thank you. Very cool of you to extend that offer. Way to turn a downer into a positive for a lot of startup hopefuls. Mixpanel gets my love.

Re: YC Rejection Emails Are Out

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Post by sjtgraham » Fri, Nov 16, 2012, 1:58 AM UTC

robbiet480 wrote: post #31

stilldetermined wrote: post #21

Curious how many other people got questions from the partners, website logins, video views, and then got rejected. I didn't put much effort into my app, thinking it unlikely that they'd accept me, but darn it, they did get my hopes up a bit :-)

I got 3 questions from pg, 10 video views, rejected

What were the questions if you don't mind my asking?

Re: YC Rejection Emails Are Out

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Post by tptacek » Fri, Nov 16, 2012, 1:58 AM UTC

alrs wrote: post #25

sjtgraham wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

You can't sell a generation on the never-say-die entrepreneur ethos and then tsk-tsk when they show up at your office uninvited.

Yes you can.