I only got the Acceptance email. Does it mean i was in the real 25?? What a mess now
Startup School Advisor Track: You Are In
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#302Hi everyone, after all this, we believe the right thing to do is to accept everyone into Startup School, so we're going to find a way to make this work. More info here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17806459
Not sure if it make sense. No competition no fun.
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#303Started an open chat to follow Startup School—will post videos, etc. https://chat.dog/startup-school
If folks just want to talk at each other: Startup school rejects https://groups.google.com/forum/m/#!forum/startup-school-rej... (It's the mobile link. I'm failing to find the link I want.) I have no affiliation with YC.
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#304Hi everyone, after all this, we believe the right thing to do is to accept everyone into Startup School, so we're going to find a way to make this work. More info here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17806459
Great call! Thanks!
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#305Considering that it’s easier to get into Startup School than the regular YC batch, should founders that were rejected interpret that as a signal that they’ll likely not get into YC?
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#306Guys - we are deeply sorry for this screw-up. I know we got people's hopes up only to let you down, and I feel terrible about it. While it doesn't excuse our mistake, for what it's worth, Startup School makes the classes and all the materials available online to everyone. So even if you didn't get accepted to the advisor track, we hope you will follow along, watch the videos, and find the material useful. My apologie…
Willing to share details about: - how many companies applied? - how many were accepted into advisor track? - how many received false acceptance email (if not the difference of the former 2)?
For anyone curious, the answers are:
- 15k applied
- 4k were accepted
- 11k received false acceptance emails
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#307Earlier quoted context omitted.
Totally agree. The application for startup school was short and easy to fill out. Even with the normal YC application, it's basically getting you to write a business plan which is useful in of itself. Not sure if it'll help anyone, but I feel better when I see the backgrounds of the people who got in: https://theymadethat.com/organizations/d55c2ee1-c72e-568e-bb...
7% female founders in first 10 pages. That's a downer.
There’s another obvious pattern if you look at enough profiles
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#308MR. Y Combinator ....I don't feel so good...
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#309MR. Y Combinator ....I don't feel so good...
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