Earlier quoted context omitted.
I applied twice with a previous idea. Rejected once, interviewed and rejected another time.
who was in the interview room with you ?
I remember all of the partners being there.
If all Rejection Letters could be so nice...
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#23Well, I had applied to StartupChile and got accepted, but wanted to see how my luck would turn if I applied the same startup to YC. I would of prefered to be in SF with the great mentors and angels, but hey StartupChile give you $40k with no take of equity.
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#24Well, I had applied to StartupChile and got accepted, but wanted to see how my luck would turn if I applied the same startup to YC. I would of prefered to be in SF with the great mentors and angels, but hey StartupChile give you $40k with no take of equity.
you applied this session? are the results out? i applied too but didn't receive any email..
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#25I'm not sure why people beat themselves up so much for not passing a candidate filter where teams of people select a candidate from a list based on various criteria and instinct. It has been mathematically demonstrated that these processes fail at doing a better job than throwing a dart at a wall containing a list of all the candidates. When I get a rejection letter for anything, I shrug and treat it like losing a ra…
In previous YC rejections I've thought to myself "wow if they rejected me they must have recieved some pretty spectacular applications". And then months later when I see the list of companies that did get in I was like "wtf did they really fund a location-based social network for cat fanatics?".
I used to hear the ideas and react the same way. But then I meet the founders and I'm like, ok it makes sense now.
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#26Well, I had applied to StartupChile and got accepted, but wanted to see how my luck would turn if I applied the same startup to YC. I would of prefered to be in SF with the great mentors and angels, but hey StartupChile give you $40k with no take of equity.
you applied this session? are the results out? i applied too but didn't receive any email..
I had applied for the previous round. I am heading there in early Jan/2012.
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#27"it's practically certain that groups we rejected will go on to create successful startups. If you do, we'd appreciate it if you'd send us an email telling us about it;" A little like writing to the girl/guy that rejected you with great news that you've landed in Hollywood. By the time you get there they will know it. Anyway, by "successful" what do they mean anyway? Someone else funded you? (go to crunchbase). Or yo…
Do you know how many of the startups change dramatically or, at minimum, change names (or don't even have one yet)? After reviewing 2000+ applications, do you really expect them, upon seeing a TechCrunch post 2 years later to remember that was one of their applicants? You can trust that they really do mean they'd like to know about it, and if I know them, they'd actually go look up the application to see if there is…
"that was one of their applicants"
The idea can change but people's names don't change.
"upon seeing a TechCrunch post 2 years later "
The definition of "success" in your mind?
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#28I'm not sure why people beat themselves up so much for not passing a candidate filter where teams of people select a candidate from a list based on various criteria and instinct. It has been mathematically demonstrated that these processes fail at doing a better job than throwing a dart at a wall containing a list of all the candidates. When I get a rejection letter for anything, I shrug and treat it like losing a ra…
Same reason people get frustrated for not getting into the college they wanted to attend. Sometimes, it's nice to win.
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#29Earlier quoted context omitted.
Do you know how many of the startups change dramatically or, at minimum, change names (or don't even have one yet)? After reviewing 2000+ applications, do you really expect them, upon seeing a TechCrunch post 2 years later to remember that was one of their applicants? You can trust that they really do mean they'd like to know about it, and if I know them, they'd actually go look up the application to see if there is…
"that was one of their applicants" The idea can change but people's names don't change. "upon seeing a TechCrunch post 2 years later " The definition of "success" in your mind?
The over 4k applications they see use HN usernames.
You're the one that said CrunchBase.
The idea that they're supposed to monitor for every startup founder they ever rejected to pop up a few years later is retarded.
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#30Well, I had applied to StartupChile and got accepted, but wanted to see how my luck would turn if I applied the same startup to YC. I would of prefered to be in SF with the great mentors and angels, but hey StartupChile give you $40k with no take of equity.
I'm curious what the acceptance rates are for StartupChile.
My impression was that if you were "good", and jumped through all the hoops in filling out the app (which are substantial), you're likely to get in.
With YC, it's probably an easier application, but you're not as likely to get in even if you're good. Good team AND existing traction AND communicate well is about as likely to get into YC as good team alone is to get into something like Startup Chile?