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I got 3 questions from pg, 10 video views, rejected
Oh man, thats gotta hurt worse than getting 0 questions!
Yup :(
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#103Hi 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.
thanks bro :)
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#104Must be a strong group this year. We're a coder / marketer duo each having already founded profitable startups in the past, in our mid 20's in a market we understand well and with a solid business plan and way to make profit and grow yet we still got rejected. I presume it's because we're in the gaming industry and ycombinator doesn't normally fund gaming companies.
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#105The last two days have been an emotionally draining rollercoaster. On Nov. 13th, I checked my email about 10,000 times. This increased the anticipation, but after not hearing anything the whole day, I figured I got rejected and I was OK with it at that time. After all, I had anticipated this as the most likely outcome.
Then, I found out on HN that the interview notification got delayed by two days. This was followed up by a message from PG. It really sounded like he was interested in us! I thought to myself, "Why would a big shot like him have sent me such a question if he wasn't really interested in us???"
So, for the next day and a half I was daydreaming of getting into YC. We had then convinced ourselves, "We're getting an interview!"
Then, on Nov. 15, I checked my email another 10,000 times. The anticipation was unbearable. Then, when I got the rejection email, it hit me like someone punched me in the gut. It really hurt.
I feel like it would not have hurt so much if I hadn't have gotten my hopes up after the PG message.
I feel stupid since I should have known that a PG message is just that: a PG message. Why on earth did I over-interpret that?
Anyways, this really hurts...We took a day off to mourn, and then we'll get back up and keep pressing forward.
I wonder if I answered PG's question incorrectly...Did that have something to do with the rejection?
Anyways, at the end of the day, I still respect what PG and YC are doing. No point in being a sore loser. In my life, I've been rejected by a lot of places and accepted at others, and in the end, I am happy and grateful where I am now. You win some, you lose some.
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#106Curious 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 :-)
A few days after the submission ended I realized that my video wasn't working, lol.
oh no. Sorry.
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#107The last two days have been an emotionally draining rollercoaster. On Nov. 13th, I checked my email about 10,000 times. This increased the anticipation, but after not hearing anything the whole day, I figured I got rejected and I was OK with it at that time. After all, I had anticipated this as the most likely outcome. Then, I found out on HN that the interview notification got delayed by two days. This was followed…
I feel the same way as you. I won't be applying anymore: this was the first time I applied to an incubator. I built a startup before (that succeeded) and we got a lot of rejections, but thing is they were pretty much immediate. They didn't feel so bad, no anticipation was built, there were similar opportunities to try.
YC is unique, it gets emotional and the anticipation drains the very energy you need to succeed.
Good luck,
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Oh man, thats gotta hurt worse than getting 0 questions!
Yup :(
Yeah, I got 1 question from PG, which really got my hopes up, because I wondered, "why would he ask this if he wasn't interested?" This was especially so since his question implied interest.
A real bummer. I wouldn't have been so heartbroken if it hadn't been for this message, which really got my expectations up. It's my own fault though.
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#109The last two days have been an emotionally draining rollercoaster. On Nov. 13th, I checked my email about 10,000 times. This increased the anticipation, but after not hearing anything the whole day, I figured I got rejected and I was OK with it at that time. After all, I had anticipated this as the most likely outcome. Then, I found out on HN that the interview notification got delayed by two days. This was followed…
I feel the same way as you. I won't be applying anymore: this was the first time I applied to an incubator. I built a startup before (that succeeded) and we got a lot of rejections, but thing is they were pretty much immediate. They didn't feel so bad, no anticipation was built, there were similar opportunities to try. YC is unique, it gets emotional and the anticipation drains the very energy you need to succeed. Go…
Thanks for your comment. Yeah, it really really sucked the wind out of me. It's not going to stop us from going forth, but it is a momentary pause to catch our breath and get back up from the floor.
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#110I wish PG hadn't messaged me. It made my expectations go up so much.
It's like asking out a really hot girl to the theater that you think you have no chance with, but then she texts you back with "which movie?", so then all of a sudden your expectations go up...But then she says no. haha