Not cool at all ...
Am I the only one who finds this ironic coming from the top tech incubator in the world?
No
Startup School Advisor Track: You Are In
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#132So much love for everyone who received an "accepted" email in error. Don't let it get you down. I just got rejected with https://dependabot.com despite $6k MRR and 2,000 active users. I'm sure there are lots of other great companies in the same situation - let's keep building great things.
This. We’re building a massively ambitious banking alternative. Principal engineer ex JP Morgan Chase Senior Dev. Angel investment from the founder of a hugely disruptive British Unicorn. Support from a number of other important sources. Not to criticize the decision making process, historical precedent speaks for itself. We thought we fit the mould but apparently not. Back to implementing.
That seems promising ... hope you keep working on it.
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#133YC is certainly doing their best to provide resources to the overall entrepreneur community. While it can be emotionally upsetting to be dealt the hands presented - consider it as set-back that entrepreneur face on a daily basis - It is not uncommon to be dealt rejections and be disappointed by mistakes of others, the key is to adapt accordingly and move on. (Just ask any entrepreneurs who try to sell their projects, get a verbal confirmation, but in the end the "budget" fell through. In this case, what we asked for is free to begin with.)
We are all talented. We do not need YC validation / school acceptance to prove that we are talented. Build your application and let the metrics speak for itself. Turn your frustration into energy and motivation. Learn from the experience and move on , good luck implementing everyone.
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#134Mistakes happen, but it should not have taken them over two hours to contact people who'd been celebrating their acceptance. We got the "you're in!" email, and the whole team was pumped. Having to go back to them hours later to let them down was really hard to do. The fact that Ycombinator sent the "oops, sorry!" email from a do-not-reply address and basically did nothing to make up for it showed a real lack of respe…
You're right - it took us a while to realize we had made the mistake, and then we responded as fast as we could.
what exactly, actually happened?
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#136I received an emailed that said I wasn’t in then one said sorry you did get in. Is this accurate? Sorry to everyone who received the opposite emails. If you believe in your vision, keep focused on serving your customers and growing your business.
Yes, the second email is accurate.
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#137Disappointed... Are all the emails signed by the same people (Geoff and Adora) or does it depend on the cohort you were (incorrectly) assigned to?
It doesn't help it came from "noreply" email, so it's hard to clarify anything.
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#138having been in a startup for over a decade (i've since exited), i can tell you that this is something that any team should take on the nose and accept. highs are very high and lows are very low. mistakes happen, and you will make them too. big ones. live as a team, die as a team. stop bitching and get back to work.
[EDIT] ...drink the celebration beers anyways.
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#139So same here. Its a bit of a disappointment but mistakes happen lets move on. As a solo founder who is not surrounded by a startup ecosystem, what I was most keen on was the group feedback, discussions and I guess some external accountability. Would any others here who have been put into the audit group, be keen to try this in another way? Facebook or hangouts groups? Open to ideas.
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#140#startupschool Let me guess. That would be a hack to engage a list of post-rejection uninterested users.
I really think it was an honest mistake, especially because it was an email asking to be an advisor.