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> but you should almost certainly apply Also, need to remember it adds up - YC, 500Startups, tech stars, etc. and then pondering about the results and then the
by SaaS_throwme 10y ago
> but you should almost certainly apply
Also, need to remember it adds up - YC, 500Startups, tech stars, etc. and then pondering about the results and then the sorrow phase after not being accepted.
Weigh your trade offs.
- jtmarmon 10y agodon't apply to things because you might get rejected from them is certainly good life advice
- Balgair 10y agoI think they are talking about the time involved with the application and the associated worry and issues of rejection after rejection (on odds).
- jstandard 10y agoIf you can't deal with rejection or selling people on your idea/yourself, then entrepreneurship is likely not the right path for you. If it takes a few rejected applications to learn that, it is time well spent.
- SaaS_throwme 10y agoSorry, I didn't make myself clear. Dealing with rejections takes time, you get distracted, you get sad, it kills time which can be put in much better use. You can deal with rejections, but that doesn't mean you have to deal with rejections. You can use the time to make your product better. Someone famously said "Be so good, they can't ignore you", being mediocre and spending time in those activities is not very fruitful.