So you didn’t get a YC invite, what next?

Post by dazbradbury » Mon, Apr 13, 2015, 9:50 AM UTC

mcintyre1994 wrote: post #34

dazbradbury wrote: post #24

We were rejected 3.5 years ago after interview stage. We built, we launched, we hustled and we grew. 12 months ago we launched a nationwide TV campaign. OpenRent[1] is now the largest letting agent in the UK (bigger than Foxtons for example), established, and well on the way to fully disrupting one of the oldest industries in the world. YC rejection was tough, but we believed in the idea and whilst I'm sure YC could…

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Post by robertandy » Mon, Apr 20, 2015, 3:11 AM UTC

_sentient wrote: post #15

robertandy wrote: post #4

Here is a great sum of your post in one line: “If you’re absent during my struggle, don’t expect to be present during my success.” - Will Smith In my view the way YC has been openly crushing morale of solo-founders for years is simply pathetic. Is it a crime to be a solo-founder? Despite equal number of successful startups from solo-ists, they continue to snub the potential and rather host even those who would easily…

YC doesn't have some sort of moral objection to solo founders. They simply exist to find and fund huge companies, and smart risk/upside management is fundamental to winning that game. Being a solo founder represents added execution risk, particularly in the early stages of a startup -- which coincidentally, is precisely where YC funds most companies. They aren't the only party with this bias either. Downstream invest…