Tanking the YC interview, some lessons learned
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Tanking the YC interview, some lessons learned
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Re: Tanking the YC interview, some lessons learned
#2Thanks for being so candid. I'm sure this is going to help a lot of the interviewees in the coming days.
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#3What a great and honest post. Thank you for that.
As for your company, it looks like an innovative and amazing idea. I, for one, would be a customer. Please nail San Francisco and then expand to my city.
It's great to read that you've decided to keep going. A lot of companies rejected by YC have went on successfully; some have even re-applied several times before getting in. (I remember reading about a company in the most recent one applying six times?)
So don't despair. Please don't give up. Chalk it up as a learning experience and keep going forward. Good luck! Hope to hear back from you guys through a post detailing your future success.
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#4Page won't load :p - nevermind, got it after a handful of attempts
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#5Now this idea seems very interesting. Don't forget that there are other incubators, and if you are feeling bold, you can pitch directly to Angel List. I've made some comments on the subject in the past:
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2334415
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2179197
(which is a comment of this great post http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2178339)
Re: Tanking the YC interview, some lessons learned
#6And, with that post, you had a chance to explain it to PG a third time (Application + Interview + Blog) :) Good idea.
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#7Its been said by other commentators, but I think this was a super honest and candid post. It read as if was truly written from the heart. This is the kind of tech writing that I like reading. Basically as if I sat down with this guy and he just opened up his heart and soul.
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#8What a great and honest post. Thank you for that. As for your company, it looks like an innovative and amazing idea. I, for one, would be a customer. Please nail San Francisco and then expand to my city. It's great to read that you've decided to keep going. A lot of companies rejected by YC have went on successfully; some have even re-applied several times before getting in. (I remember reading about a company in the…
"A lot of companies rejected by YC have went on successfully; some have even re-applied several times before getting in."
I applied with someone who is widely recognized as one of the smartest tech folks on HN. We got rejected. A couple years later I reapplied and got accepted as a non-technical single founder.
In two years I went from getting shot down despite having a dream team on paper, to getting accepted despite setting off basically every 'badness' flag on the app. It's kind of a long story as to why, but the point is that things change fast in startup land, that's why we do them in the first place.
Re: Tanking the YC interview, some lessons learned
#9What a great and honest post. Thank you for that. As for your company, it looks like an innovative and amazing idea. I, for one, would be a customer. Please nail San Francisco and then expand to my city. It's great to read that you've decided to keep going. A lot of companies rejected by YC have went on successfully; some have even re-applied several times before getting in. (I remember reading about a company in the…
"A lot of companies rejected by YC have went on successfully; some have even re-applied several times before getting in." I applied with someone who is widely recognized as one of the smartest tech folks on HN. We got rejected. A couple years later I reapplied and got accepted as a non-technical single founder. In two years I went from getting shot down despite having a dream team on paper, to getting accepted despit…
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Re: Tanking the YC interview, some lessons learned
#10What a great and honest post. Thank you for that. As for your company, it looks like an innovative and amazing idea. I, for one, would be a customer. Please nail San Francisco and then expand to my city. It's great to read that you've decided to keep going. A lot of companies rejected by YC have went on successfully; some have even re-applied several times before getting in. (I remember reading about a company in the…
"A lot of companies rejected by YC have went on successfully; some have even re-applied several times before getting in." I applied with someone who is widely recognized as one of the smartest tech folks on HN. We got rejected. A couple years later I reapplied and got accepted as a non-technical single founder. In two years I went from getting shot down despite having a dream team on paper, to getting accepted despit…
I think of the YC application like a ritual. After being rejected the first time, each successive application at least forces you to consciously consider how much you've improved your idea and start-up in the six months since the last application. I would imagine that part of the "determination" that YC looks for in founders is shown in the people that get rejected several times and continue to persevere.
As for your start-up, I really like both the idea and name of Swagapalooza.