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We, Body Boss ( http://bodybossfitness.com ) didn't even have a product last time year, and we thought just having a good idea was enough for acceptance. In the past year, we've boostrapped like crazy, built a product, launched and acquired plenty of customers to validate our idea. YC rejection for the 2nd year in a row has done little to dampen our spirits and ambition. Here's to another rejection that motivates us…
Just curiously - how many video views did everybody get? We had 5 views for a total of ~4 minutes.
Some data points: we had 5 video views. Rejected. Probably too old for YC. But we're doing well, so no biggie. We applied with Arro, http://arroapp.com - tells you which product to get by analyzing millions of ratings online.
I want this. please release for web or android
Stay hungry, stay alive, and be relentlessly resourceful (as PG says). You'll figure it out. A long standing tradition: If you got rejected, please forward your rejection email to free@mixpanel.com and we'll hook you up with a free Mixpanel plan to help out while you're figuring it out. - Suhail
I'm just hoping to give a few people some perpective on such rejections: - Damien Katz (creator of CouchDB) was also rejected[1]. He went on and got $2 million from Redpoint Ventures [2] - On this video[3], Jessica Livingston interviews Drew. It shows that he was also rejected the first time he tried out YC. - The oscar of rejected but finally accepted: I got into YC after applying six times [4] - Peteris Krumins als…
We, Body Boss ( http://bodybossfitness.com ) didn't even have a product last time year, and we thought just having a good idea was enough for acceptance. In the past year, we've boostrapped like crazy, built a product, launched and acquired plenty of customers to validate our idea. YC rejection for the 2nd year in a row has done little to dampen our spirits and ambition. Here's to another rejection that motivates us…
I'll throw my "rejected from YC" story into the ring: my co-founders and I applied to the S12 batch. We were fortunate to get as far as the interview phase, only to receive a very kind rejecting email from Garry Tan that evening. His basic criticism was: "you guys aren't serious about this idea" (we hadn't yet quit our day jobs). So we quit. We spent the summer building Meldium, reapplied for W13, and were accepted -…
Interesting that you mentioned "serious." Looking back I don't think I was a whole lot "serious" the last time I applied, but I think my application might have been better (see my comment below - got more video views last year, but that could have been an anomaly).
In any case, I wonder if being in school this time hurts our chances. Most of our founders are graduating, and the rest have signed on to jobs. But we are more serious about it this time around - hacking away on public transit, on campus and pulling all-nighters to get features out.
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Nothing here yet. We applied a week late. Anyone else apply late with no email yet?
Nothing here yet either, I applied late as well. Keeping my fingers crossed they even have a chance to read the application. Good luck!!