The YC Rejection thread • Hacker News Board

Re: The YC Rejection thread

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Post by dwillett » Tue, Apr 07, 2009, 4:08 AM UTC

iamelgringo wrote: post #31

khangtoh wrote: post #9

We're officially on this list but will move to SF regardless! PG: can we _still_hang_out_ with you guys on meetup nights. I'm serious.

I hope you enjoy your move to the Bay area. It's delightful. And, if you want to get to know some people in the Hacker community, http://HackersandFounders.com gets together every couple of weeks. Let me know you're coming, and I'll buy you a beer. :)

I'll be moving to the bay area as well, wish I could have been getting the experience of the YC sessions, but this sounds great

Re: The YC Rejection thread

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Post by dave_au » Tue, Apr 07, 2009, 4:10 AM UTC

ivyirwin wrote: post #70

Rejected (again). But the frustrating part is feeling like my application wasn't read. I mean they didn't even check out my website?

Maybe next time you could give them a [yourwebsite]/yc URL so you can check the server logs and be sure one way or the other.

Re: The YC Rejection thread

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Post by ktharavaad » Tue, Apr 07, 2009, 4:10 AM UTC

smidwap wrote: post #56

ktharavaad wrote: post #13

Really sux to be rejected. But now I'm more motivated than ever to work on my produt to prove that they made a mistake.

I feel as if rejection here shouldn't really be a motivating factor! There should be so many reasons above proving YC wrong to be a motivated entrepreneur. But whatever gets you going I guess...

Well, I don't care whether its a motivating factor or not. I'm simply not letting it act as a demotivating factor.

Looking forward to all the "YC reject: launching xxxx " threads in the coming months!!

Re: The YC Rejection thread

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Post by silencio » Tue, Apr 07, 2009, 4:11 AM UTC

goodkarma wrote: post #74

silencio wrote: post #64

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think second to the valuable networking opportunities YC provides, the money that could be spent not worrying about rent and the bills for at least a couple months is not insignificant. I know personally it's not a huge deal to have that money and we're continuing regardless of rejection, but that kind of money could possibly shave off a few months of development time where I don't have to worry so much about class…

I have no doubt that YC provides great networking opportunities. My question was in direct response to nanexcool's comment that the cash would have given him the chance.

Yeah, but I was guessing nanexcool's reason for saying that was similar to mine and it turns out I wasn't too far off ;)

I doubt many people are just going to give up right now after rejection even (and especially) if they had a good idea, it's just that YC would have helped a ton.

Re: The YC Rejection thread

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Post by themic86 » Tue, Apr 07, 2009, 4:11 AM UTC

Does anyone else feel as if the rejection letter did nothing but fuel the fire to get moving on their Idea? This might very well be a good thing.

Re: The YC Rejection thread

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Post by smidwap » Tue, Apr 07, 2009, 4:15 AM UTC

themic86 wrote: post #85

Does anyone else feel as if the rejection letter did nothing but fuel the fire to get moving on their Idea? This might very well be a good thing.

Hard to see how it could be a good thing. The added desire te succeed, if any, will likely be short term.

Re: The YC Rejection thread

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Post by iamelgringo » Tue, Apr 07, 2009, 4:16 AM UTC

dwillett wrote: post #81

iamelgringo wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I hope you enjoy your move to the Bay area. It's delightful. And, if you want to get to know some people in the Hacker community, http://HackersandFounders.com gets together every couple of weeks. Let me know you're coming, and I'll buy you a beer. :)

I'll be moving to the bay area as well, wish I could have been getting the experience of the YC sessions, but this sounds great

I think that we all wish that we could get the YC sessions, but we actually have a lot of cool people show up to our meetups that you can talk with and learn from. I always have at least 3 or 4 great conversations that I learn from.

We have guys who're working on their 4th and 5th startups. We have guys attend who have exited and are looking for the next go around. We have startup owners that have been in business for several years.

A lot of guys are just starting out on their own, and are interested in feedback on their apps, or whatever they're working on. And, people generally buy pitchers of beer, so if you're broke, you don't have to worry about it. :)

Re: The YC Rejection thread

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Post by tptacek » Tue, Apr 07, 2009, 4:16 AM UTC

rms wrote: post #48

Hey, sixth time is the charm, right?

Really? Five times?

Re: The YC Rejection thread

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Post by themic86 » Tue, Apr 07, 2009, 4:20 AM UTC

mynameishere wrote: post #2

Whatever happened to that guy who got rejected over and over and over but never changed anything about his website?

http://Google.com

Re: The YC Rejection thread

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Post by gscott » Tue, Apr 07, 2009, 4:21 AM UTC

mtpark wrote: post #28

Wish we had launched our beta BEFORE the application. Good luck to all of you. I think they mean well when they say they make lots of mistakes.

I have seen from others that kept watch to see if their beta was visited and they were not. I don't believe they test out most of the web applications that get submitted. So not having one didn't hurt you at all. They say it is good to have a beta, but I don't really believe it. Even in the interviews it is said they spend less then a minute checking out any beta. It is apparently just not really important.