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we didn't get in but will keep going; the only frustrating part of our rejection is that ycomb didn't even look at our demo (they would have had to login to do so).
In retrospect I'm a little relieved. At the time, our company was not really in the state to make a run for a M&A or IPO exit, nor did it need to. It was only after doing more research that I realized that our company mostly needed customers, not investors.
We've spent the last two years setting up the necessary infrastructure for us to support our customers. It looks like 2007 may be our year. It's been two years and we are still proceeding.
Hi guys. Sorry about the news. I suggest joining my YC alum startup, Xobni, instead. Sometimes great hackers joinup instead of startup . That is what Paul Buchheit did : http://paulbuchheit.blogspot.com/2007/03/looking-for-co-founder-try-attending.html send resumes: http://www.xobni.com/jobs.php
That is probably a great job opportunity, but not the same as starting up your own business. A lot of companies (like Xobni) take years to get up and running, and that's doing it full-time. How can somebody expect to do a startup while working 40 hours a week for somebody else without putting in the full-time hours?
Finally, I don't know if you want to hire people who have entrepreneurship in the back of their mind, 24/7. What do you think? Or, do you think it would be good to have entrepreneurial minded employees? Thanks!
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I think what's important is to do some preliminary user testing to see if people can even understand what the application is all about. Of course, if you are trying to keep your idea secret, then this could be difficult to do.
Well its ok. We would dare to go ahead and see how users take our model
The rejection from Y did hurt for a few minutes but then it is actually a blessing. It helped our team to re-evaluate ourselves. Our background is in medicine. We lack the technology part yet understand the 'gaps' in medicine that technology is needed. It's like Steve Case and his dive into medicine with revolutionhealth. Anyways, going to give it a go for another program but this time using our strength - medicine.…
Did y combinator even take much of a look at the demo's?
I am destined to piss off the older people. Shrug.