Ask HN: YC interview invites are sent. What's up now?

#1

Post by Danilka » Thu, Oct 29, 2015, 3:30 AM UTC

YC application and interview process could be tedious for founders.

I am curious which companies got selected, which didn't and why? How do you feel about it and what you are going to do?

Re: Ask HN: YC interview invites are sent. What's up now?

#2

Post by taheca » Thu, Oct 29, 2015, 4:13 AM UTC

My startup was not selected.

This was the first accelerator we applied to, and I of course obviously hold no ill will. I may try again in the future. I do appreciate that they said I would have an answer today, and I received an answer.

We are in the process of having our MVP built (finalizes in November), and will continue on as we have been.

In one way I am kind of happy. This is the first rejection to overcome.. who knows how many more we have ahead of us, but our passion to bring opportunity to every person who wants it will not be stopped.

I wish every company selected this year nothing but the best of luck moving forward.

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#3

Post by elainelu » Thu, Oct 29, 2015, 4:26 AM UTC

Got rejected. In a painful process to figure out why. It will be fine if YC didn't carefully read our application. It won't be if they did. We will continue carry on, toward our roadmap, try to prove ourselves by product performance as soon as possible, and meanwhile think through what we might be missed and how can we do better.

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#4

Post by Danilka » Thu, Oct 29, 2015, 4:28 AM UTC

elainelu wrote: post #3

Got rejected. In a painful process to figure out why. It will be fine if YC didn't carefully read our application. It won't be if they did. We will continue carry on, toward our roadmap, try to prove ourselves by product performance as soon as possible, and meanwhile think through what we might be missed and how can we do better.

Do you mind sharing a link to your product?

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#5

Post by intrepidkarthi » Thu, Oct 29, 2015, 5:16 AM UTC

Our application got rejected.

We are from LookMobility(http://www.lookmobility.com), developing a product on creating Virtual Reality experience for the people who can't code and design, it is going to be powerpoint for Virtual Reality.

We have no idea why our application is rejected and also there is no regrets on it. Just move ahead and think forward!

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#6

Post by elainelu » Thu, Oct 29, 2015, 5:23 AM UTC

Danilka wrote: post #4

elainelu wrote: post #3

Got rejected. In a painful process to figure out why. It will be fine if YC didn't carefully read our application. It won't be if they did. We will continue carry on, toward our roadmap, try to prove ourselves by product performance as soon as possible, and meanwhile think through what we might be missed and how can we do better.

Do you mind sharing a link to your product?

Sure. www.visbit.co. Appreciate any thoughtful feedbacks.

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#7

Post by elainelu » Thu, Oct 29, 2015, 5:47 AM UTC

elainelu wrote: post #6

Danilka wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do you mind sharing a link to your product?

Sure. www.visbit.co. Appreciate any thoughtful feedbacks.

It's solving overwhelming amount of photos problem. Many people think it's a very competitive market, some even said "saturated", but look at users and current players, no solid solution yet. We don't want to avoid competition, instead, we want to provide a really working solution. It doesn't sound fancy, but it could be useful to many people. The user pain point might also not so obvious at this stage, but it will be more obvious along the time. Also, this is a "Vitamin" type of product (Refer to the "The Hook Model"). That's my thinking process. Please tell me where could be wrong. Thanks!

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#8

Post by Stoo » Thu, Oct 29, 2015, 9:55 AM UTC

I submitted my application for Storytella[0] two days late and I haven't heard anything yet. I'm not sure if that's a good thing or not.

[0] https://storytel.la/

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#9

Post by philipkuklis » Thu, Oct 29, 2015, 10:43 AM UTC

elainelu wrote: post #7

elainelu wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sure. www.visbit.co. Appreciate any thoughtful feedbacks.

It's solving overwhelming amount of photos problem. Many people think it's a very competitive market, some even said "saturated", but look at users and current players, no solid solution yet. We don't want to avoid competition, instead, we want to provide a really working solution. It doesn't sound fancy, but it could be useful to many people. The user pain point might also not so obvious at this stage, but it will b…

Hi! I like the concept but by looking at your website I don't know (1) what problem you're solving and (2) how you do it.

How does the "Intelligence" work? Why should I auto-generate a collage when it's more fun to create one by myself?

At the moment it seems like it would be a nice automated addition to other apps (e.g. Instagram generates "moments" from last week automatically and lets me share them with others, etc..)

Would love to hear your thoughts! :)

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#10

Post by GFischer » Thu, Oct 29, 2015, 1:12 PM UTC