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Tanking the YC interview, some lessons learned
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#12There's also YC Reject. We are currently accepting late applications at http://www.ycreject.com/p/apply-to-ycr.html
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#13What a great and honest post. Thank you for that. As for your company, it looks like an innovative and amazing idea. I, for one, would be a customer. Please nail San Francisco and then expand to my city. It's great to read that you've decided to keep going. A lot of companies rejected by YC have went on successfully; some have even re-applied several times before getting in. (I remember reading about a company in the…
"A lot of companies rejected by YC have went on successfully; some have even re-applied several times before getting in." I applied with someone who is widely recognized as one of the smartest tech folks on HN. We got rejected. A couple years later I reapplied and got accepted as a non-technical single founder. In two years I went from getting shot down despite having a dream team on paper, to getting accepted despit…
>...got accepted as a non-technical single founder.
That's interesting. I didn't know YC had funded a non-technical single founder before.
I wonder how many non-technical single founders it's funded to-date.
>It's kind of a long story as to why
Would love to hear that story.
Also, what startup did you get in with?
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#14I'm intrigued by the concept (food is important to me and your business has synergies with http://letslunch.com). How does the logistics of delivering quality, unique meals, work?
What would worry me is that cheap chefs will just list their restaurant menus, and then you truly end up with waiters on wheels.
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#15I love your idea, this is a personal pain point I have been trying to solve. I am a busy successful startup founder who eats crap takeout food constantly but would pay a premium for a quality personal chef service that could be easily managed and customized. I have worked with several chef services in the past but the lack of web based system to manage it made it too cumbersome.
Please continue forward and make this successful so I can be a customer.
I was rejected by YC once as well (round one in 05!). But moved forward and we have 'made it'.
Feel free to drop me a line if you want to chat as your idea is something I have spent some time thinking about (and I have some personal chef connections in Philadelphia who might be willing to pilot it!). Check my profile for contact info
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#16I'm intrigued by the concept (food is important to me and your business has synergies with http://letslunch.com ). How does the logistics of delivering quality, unique meals, work? What would worry me is that cheap chefs will just list their restaurant menus, and then you truly end up with waiters on wheels.
I'd love to see a vetting process for this. Either:
1. Approve new chefs. Meaning "chefs" that are just restaurant menus aren't allowed in.
2. Allow both in. Highlight the actual Chefs.
3. Just have different sections of the site, one for actual restaurants and one for Chefs. Highlight actual chefs?
Just a couple of ideas that came to mind.
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#17I got rejected by YC in a similar fashion. They will grill you hard if they have any doubts about the idea/founders. It was definitely an ego-bruising moment for my cofounder and I, but we are both alive and kicking.
I really enjoyed reading this post. Keep on keeping on and DO NOT stop working on this idea. I know I'd be a paying customer right now if you had a site up.
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#18A bit of friendly advice: you didn't link to Munchery at all in that article. The first time you mention it, it should be a link. :)
Also worth noting that the Munchery page contains no way for other chefs to join.
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#19I love your damn idea, I would buy into it. I know what its like to be busy and come home with a burger and fries everyday. If I could use that service I would love it!
I think its dumb to have nail one city then move forward, with certain things you can have a few in each city and keep growing. I never understood the one city at a time, its 2011 and we have the internet. lol Keep up the good idea.
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#20What a great and honest post. Thank you for that. As for your company, it looks like an innovative and amazing idea. I, for one, would be a customer. Please nail San Francisco and then expand to my city. It's great to read that you've decided to keep going. A lot of companies rejected by YC have went on successfully; some have even re-applied several times before getting in. (I remember reading about a company in the…
"A lot of companies rejected by YC have went on successfully; some have even re-applied several times before getting in." I applied with someone who is widely recognized as one of the smartest tech folks on HN. We got rejected. A couple years later I reapplied and got accepted as a non-technical single founder. In two years I went from getting shot down despite having a dream team on paper, to getting accepted despit…
I'm also interested in the long story :)