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A few years back (2015?) pg was on a panel and asked if YC made any mistakes on the application process. He acknowledged they did — Robert Morris gave a low sco
by pilingual 9y ago
A few years back (2015?) pg was on a panel and asked if YC made any mistakes on the application process. He acknowledged they did — Robert Morris gave a low score and wrote “spam” in the comments section of the application of a particular company that started looking successful, so they refined their process. It seemed clear he was talking about SendGrid which went through TechStars and went public in late 2017.
I don’t know why you still can’t search video transcripts, otherwise that video would be easy to find. Any ideas?
- nostromo 9y agoWasn't Dropbox also one of their solo founders? I wonder if YC ever rethought that filter given their success.
- deleted 9y ago[deleted]
- hkmurakami 9y agoArash is a cofounder iirc.
- varenc 9y agoThe story is Drew applied to YC solo, but pg strongly encouraged him to find a co-founder. Arash joined as the co-founder before YC started: https://www.forbes.com/sites/bruceupbin/2011/10/18/paul-graham-dropbox-and-the-single-founder-exception/#18385ab44fa2 https://www.forbes.com/sites/bruceupbin/2011/10/18/paul-grah...
- ordinaryradical 9y agotada: https://www.quora.com/Why-was-SendGrid-rejected-from-YCombinator https://www.quora.com/Why-was-SendGrid-rejected-from-YCombin...