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Re: Tell HN: YC Application Responses Are Out

#101

Post by scottannan »

Getting rejected from YC sucks.

But don't get discouraged. There is a common meme that startups need to work 'til they puke to "make it" (check out this site: http://blastingstation.com). Plenty of startups were successful by working hard, staying focused, and persisting.

Remember, as a startup founder, your only job is to find and motivate great talent; set a clear vision; and make sure you don't run out of money / time. Stay focused, set milestones, and persist.

Also, you should check out StartupPlays.com <- it's an online accelerator with modules to help you grow your startup by some of the same mentors in the YC program.

Re: Tell HN: YC Application Responses Are Out

#102

Post by jparkside »

zandit wrote: post #83
shimms wrote: post #82

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We haven't heard yet and were a late applicant too. Not sure if we'll get a reply in time to make it over to the states (from Australia), but the FAQ suggests that they will respond at some point: "You can submit a late application up till the start of the summer 2012 YC cycle in June, but we can promise nothing about how carefully we'll read it or when we'll respond to you."

Yes, that does seem to imply that eventually we might get a response. Thanks for pointing that out :)

We applied late too. We heard about for the first time 4 days after the deadline. I think we will be hearing something soon.

Re: Tell HN: YC Application Responses Are Out

#103

Post by bobsil1 »

tylermenezes wrote: post #87
bobsil1 wrote: post #70

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Thanks! The monetization should be easier in shopping than many other areas because it's just one step away from purchase. Btw we're doing lots of fun machine learning stuff, let me know if you might be up for interning here in Palo Alto. You can use the feedback link at the bottom of the site.

I should have put a disclaimer that I have no idea how much companies actually make from being affiliates. I was just guessing that was their concern. Thanks, but I actually work at eNotes.com right now and going to be doing a startup with some friends. Always good to know, though :D ML is fun; when I was in high school I worked for a company which made a product recommendation engine called xPatterns and it was a lo…

Affiliate links are a thin biz model. When you aggregate a bunch of buyers, you can do much more than small referral fees :)

I'll check out xPatterns. Nice, good luck with the startup.

Re: Tell HN: YC Application Responses Are Out

#104

Post by EREFUNDO »

citizenkeys wrote: post #54

You won't hear from the applicants that got interviews. PG manually deletes their "we got an interview" posts to prevent pre-interview poaching by other investors/companies. 97% of applicants get rejected. 3% of applicants get an interview. You can read all about it, along with about 30 blog posts of interview experiences, at: http://ycuniverse.com/interviewees.php

I thought around 10% get interviews and 3% gets into the program?

Re: Tell HN: YC Application Responses Are Out

#106

Post by monkeygus »

llaxsll wrote: post #71
monkeygus wrote: post #67

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this is a great idea, i had someone the other day ask me to make an app like this. have you thought about expanding it to help people when choosing groceries in the supermarket? i guess that would be a bit of scope creep though. good luck!

Hi monkeygus! Thanks for the comment! Yes, that has floated around as an idea. Totally not out of the realm of possibilities! We think that eating out is such a big problem for people with dietary needs, that it often affects their social life very negatively in many ways. This is the big challenge we are after. But we are definitely on the lookout of our users telling us what they want to see in Eatfindr and followi…

You are right about it being hard to eat out. Anyway in case you are interested here is what my friend is begging someone to make - she says 'its a total pain to go shopping and come across a product that LOOKS gluten-free and you buy it then go on-line and find out it's been cross-contaminated at the factory. im wondering if there's some way the app can scan something so that i can find out AT THE STORE when i'm looking at the food.' cheers

Re: Tell HN: YC Application Responses Are Out

#107

Post by llaxsll »

monkeygus wrote: post #106
llaxsll wrote: post #71

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Hi monkeygus! Thanks for the comment! Yes, that has floated around as an idea. Totally not out of the realm of possibilities! We think that eating out is such a big problem for people with dietary needs, that it often affects their social life very negatively in many ways. This is the big challenge we are after. But we are definitely on the lookout of our users telling us what they want to see in Eatfindr and followi…

You are right about it being hard to eat out. Anyway in case you are interested here is what my friend is begging someone to make - she says 'its a total pain to go shopping and come across a product that LOOKS gluten-free and you buy it then go on-line and find out it's been cross-contaminated at the factory. im wondering if there's some way the app can scan something so that i can find out AT THE STORE when i'm loo…

got it. We'll definitely consider it in our next rev! I'll let you know.

Re: Tell HN: YC Application Responses Are Out

#108

Post by citizenkeys »

EREFUNDO wrote: post #104
citizenkeys wrote: post #54

You won't hear from the applicants that got interviews. PG manually deletes their "we got an interview" posts to prevent pre-interview poaching by other investors/companies. 97% of applicants get rejected. 3% of applicants get an interview. You can read all about it, along with about 30 blog posts of interview experiences, at: http://ycuniverse.com/interviewees.php

I thought around 10% get interviews and 3% gets into the program?

3% and 97% are the only numbers I've ever seen written by Paul Graham himself. PG has also informed me that I'm wrong about the lack of reason for acceptance posts on HN. Apparently, such posts get deleted because of the large quantity of HN submissions that would result if YC allowed such posts.

Re: Tell HN: YC Application Responses Are Out

#109

Post by zandit »

jparkside wrote: post #102
zandit wrote: post #83

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Yes, that does seem to imply that eventually we might get a response. Thanks for pointing that out :)

We applied late too. We heard about for the first time 4 days after the deadline. I think we will be hearing something soon.

Any news? We haven't heard anything yet....

Re: Tell HN: YC Application Responses Are Out

#110

Post by pg »

zandit wrote: post #109
jparkside wrote: post #102

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We applied late too. We heard about for the first time 4 days after the deadline. I think we will be hearing something soon.

Any news? We haven't heard anything yet....

We haven't read the late applications yet.
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