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You're stopping short of saying YC-rejected groups are failures (less likely to succeed) ergo their advice will certainly fall short. But then we learn better f
by jjoe 11y ago
You're stopping short of saying YC-rejected groups are failures (less likely to succeed) ergo their advice will certainly fall short. But then we learn better from failure in general and the failure of others. I think that rejected YC companies are one step closer to success.
So why not...
- smt88 11y ago> we learn better from failure in general and the failure of others If they've been rejected from YC, they're not failures. They're still working on their idea. You can't learn from their failure until they actually fail. It's also really hard to learn from the failures of others. Most people only learn the hard way. I'm one of them, so I don't meant that in a judgmental way at all.
- brudgers 11y agoI think the process of applying is useful for some people At least for me, it took me outside my comfort zone. I've always just operated under my own name and spokesmodelling "a company" instead for the video created a cognitive shift that I didn't know existed. This article is probably a reasonable way to look at not getting accepted: http://mathwithbaddrawings.com/2015/09/30/why-ive-stopped-doing-interviews-for-yale/ http://mathwithbaddrawings.com/2015/09/30/why-ive-stopped-do...