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My Technical Co-Founder Quit 2 Days Before I Got My YC Interview a Year Ago

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Re: My Technical Co-Founder Quit 2 Days Before I Got My YC Interview a Year Ago

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Post by brandonb »

Congrats on sticking it through! This apparently happens more often than you'd think. I went through a similar experience a couple years ago: http://brandonb.cc/what-happened-when-my-co-founder-quit-the...

EDIT: I commented before reading the whole thing! Glad the blog post helped. And I'll bet your story will in turn help others. :)

I'm really surprised two YC founders gave you advice to throw in the towel. Doesn't seem very YC-like. Glad you didn't!

Re: My Technical Co-Founder Quit 2 Days Before I Got My YC Interview a Year Ago

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Post by aculver »

emmiechang wrote: post #3

I swear there was a comment here earlier--did they delete it? Hey! Any comments? This was my first stab at writing a personal blog post and the most difficult for me. I hope it helps everyone keep their head up!!

Thoroughly enjoyable! The voice you're writing with here is really fun and easy to read. I hope that feedback makes it easier for you to keep writing more with confidence!

Just as a heads up, on Roo's landing page there is one screenshot has a typo on the button. "Rread More." :-)

Re: My Technical Co-Founder Quit 2 Days Before I Got My YC Interview a Year Ago

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Post by cfield »

brandonb wrote: post #4

Congrats on sticking it through! This apparently happens more often than you'd think. I went through a similar experience a couple years ago: http://brandonb.cc/what-happened-when-my-co-founder-quit-the... EDIT: I commented before reading the whole thing! Glad the blog post helped. And I'll bet your story will in turn help others. :) I'm really surprised two YC founders gave you advice to throw in the towel. Doesn't…

Indeed, she credits your blog post for giving her "confidence that someone else had done it before" (and noting that your situation "was way worse")!

I'm glad you both took time to share your stories. There are so many factors, known and unknown, that influence these kinds of outcomes. But, as pg has written [0], the one constant is simply ... DON'T GIVE UP!

[0] http://www.paulgraham.com/die.html

Re: My Technical Co-Founder Quit 2 Days Before I Got My YC Interview a Year Ago

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Post by emmiechang »

aculver wrote: post #5
emmiechang wrote: post #3

I swear there was a comment here earlier--did they delete it? Hey! Any comments? This was my first stab at writing a personal blog post and the most difficult for me. I hope it helps everyone keep their head up!!

Thoroughly enjoyable! The voice you're writing with here is really fun and easy to read. I hope that feedback makes it easier for you to keep writing more with confidence! Just as a heads up, on Roo's landing page there is one screenshot has a typo on the button. "Rread More." :-)

Ahh! Thanks for that! fixing it now!

Re: My Technical Co-Founder Quit 2 Days Before I Got My YC Interview a Year Ago

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Post by emmiechang »

cfield wrote: post #6
brandonb wrote: post #4

Congrats on sticking it through! This apparently happens more often than you'd think. I went through a similar experience a couple years ago: http://brandonb.cc/what-happened-when-my-co-founder-quit-the... EDIT: I commented before reading the whole thing! Glad the blog post helped. And I'll bet your story will in turn help others. :) I'm really surprised two YC founders gave you advice to throw in the towel. Doesn't…

Indeed, she credits your blog post for giving her "confidence that someone else had done it before" (and noting that your situation "was way worse")! I'm glad you both took time to share your stories. There are so many factors, known and unknown, that influence these kinds of outcomes. But, as pg has written [0], the one constant is simply ... DON'T GIVE UP! [0] http://www.paulgraham.com/die.html

Yeah--not very YC of them to discourage me. But then again, I didn't seem like I was YC material at the moment they talked to me. I'm glad PB and my interview team took a chance on me though, I'm still going strong!!

Re: My Technical Co-Founder Quit 2 Days Before I Got My YC Interview a Year Ago

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Post by zem »

emmiechang wrote: post #3

I swear there was a comment here earlier--did they delete it? Hey! Any comments? This was my first stab at writing a personal blog post and the most difficult for me. I hope it helps everyone keep their head up!!

nicely written, made me want to root for you :) also really nice to see people succeeding in solving "unusual" (for the sv tech startup crowd) problems.

Re: My Technical Co-Founder Quit 2 Days Before I Got My YC Interview a Year Ago

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Post by dayvee »

emmiechang wrote: post #3

I swear there was a comment here earlier--did they delete it? Hey! Any comments? This was my first stab at writing a personal blog post and the most difficult for me. I hope it helps everyone keep their head up!!

Wow great story Emmie, congrats on YC and best of luck with Camperoo
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