What were you planning on doing when the first VC you pitched to rejected you? Seriously, take the rejection, and channel that into drive. Prove them wrong.

What were you planning on doing when the first VC you pitched to rejected you? Seriously, take the rejection, and channel that into drive. Prove them wrong. Drop them a politely smug mail when you do your IPO. :-) As YC grows it's invevitable that they, like every investment group, are going to pass on something big, and I think the good folks running YC would be the first to admit that.