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So much love for everyone who received an "accepted" email in error. Don't let it get you down. I just got rejected with https://dependabot.com https://dependa

So much love for everyone who received an "accepted" email in error. Don't let it get you down. I just got rejected with https://dependabot.com https://dependabot.com despite $6k MRR and 2,000 active users. I'm sure there are lots of other great companies in the same situation - let's keep building great things.

torartc 8y ago
Thank you.
w_allDueRespect 8y ago
Thank you for that. The worst part though is the part where they say "You got accepted to audit the course" .... doesn't everyone get accepted to audit it?
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- snowmaker 8y ago
  They do. And I apologize for the wording - it was not intended to be misleading.
  - bluesage1 8y ago
    mistakes happen, but great to see you totally owning it up!
sodafountan 8y ago
I appreciate that. Startup School Lesson One: How not to treat your users.
chrisherd 8y ago
This. We’re building a massively ambitious banking alternative. Principal engineer ex JP Morgan Chase Senior Dev. Angel investment from the founder of a hugely disruptive British Unicorn. Support from a number of other important sources. Not to criticize the decision making process, historical precedent speaks for itself. We thought we fit the mould but apparently not. Back to implementing.
- snowmaker 8y ago
  That seems promising ... hope you keep working on it.
  - chrisherd 8y ago
    First product will launch in October (Nexves dot com) would appreciate any comments Jared. Got ~1,000 users desperate to test the beta and a very compelling reason 100k will migrate in the first 12 months. Startup School would of been external gratification of what we know is an awesome idea. We’ll deliver.
    - wj 8y ago
      Just FYI, when I tried to go to your site it doesn't resolve without the leading www. Also you have a typo: "Outwith" -> "Without" Best of luck with your launch!
itsevrgrn 8y ago
Wow, I can't believe you got rejected. Email and ask for feedback on your application as mentioned above.
pcmaffey 8y ago
Given the sheer volume of applications, my guess is they rely heavily on your LinkedIn profile to pattern match based on their profile of a successful YC candidate. So yeah just because you don't look like what they want you to look like (school, history, network, etc), that's no judgement on you. Keep on keeping on.
- threeseed 8y ago
  This may be pretty close to the mark. I just got accepted (after initially rejected) and my startup is pre-launch and has zero customers/revenue. But I do have a degree and have worked for a dozen very large enterprises e.g. Apple, Oracle. It's great to be accepted but my passion for my startup hasn't changed one iota. Still going to work 24/7 regardless and so should everyone. Do it because you love it.
- pedalpete 8y ago
  That may be a heuristic, but if I'm any example, it's not all there is. I don't have a university degree and I doubt the companies I've worked for would be known by YC.
  - pcmaffey 8y ago
    I'm sure your 4k karma helped though ;)
chaostheory 8y ago
Totally agree. The application for startup school was short and easy to fill out. Even with the normal YC application, it's basically getting you to write a business plan which is useful in of itself. Not sure if it'll help anyone, but I feel better when I see the backgrounds of the people who got in: https://theymadethat.com/organizations/d55c2ee1-c72e-568e-bb7d-8aee416661a8/members https://theymadethat.com/organizations/d55c2ee1-c72e-568e-bb...
- kleopullin 8y ago
  7% female founders in first 10 pages. That's a downer.
  - chaostheory 8y ago
    There’s another obvious pattern if you look at enough profiles
    - dcurry1357 8y ago
      Solid facts....I went through every page and yeah...smh, definite pattern and type.
- dcurry1357 8y ago
  Wow...great point, 7% female founders in the first 9 pages, and out of 300+ members only 1 AA female and 1 AA male... Yeah, very telling indeed.
eddieh 8y ago
Did you get a rejection email? I haven’t received an accepted or rejected email yet.

torartc 8y ago

Thank you.

w_allDueRespect 8y ago

Thank you for that. The worst part though is the part where they say "You got accepted to audit the course" .... doesn't everyone get accepted to audit it?

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snowmaker 8y ago
They do. And I apologize for the wording - it was not intended to be misleading.
- bluesage1 8y ago
  mistakes happen, but great to see you totally owning it up!

sodafountan 8y ago

I appreciate that. Startup School Lesson One: How not to treat your users.

chrisherd 8y ago

This. We’re building a massively ambitious banking alternative. Principal engineer ex JP Morgan Chase Senior Dev. Angel investment from the founder of a hugely disruptive British Unicorn. Support from a number of other important sources. Not to criticize the decision making process, historical precedent speaks for itself. We thought we fit the mould but apparently not. Back to implementing.

snowmaker 8y ago
That seems promising ... hope you keep working on it.
- chrisherd 8y ago
  First product will launch in October (Nexves dot com) would appreciate any comments Jared. Got ~1,000 users desperate to test the beta and a very compelling reason 100k will migrate in the first 12 months. Startup School would of been external gratification of what we know is an awesome idea. We’ll deliver.
  - wj 8y ago
    Just FYI, when I tried to go to your site it doesn't resolve without the leading www. Also you have a typo: "Outwith" -> "Without" Best of luck with your launch!

itsevrgrn 8y ago

Wow, I can't believe you got rejected. Email and ask for feedback on your application as mentioned above.

pcmaffey 8y ago

Given the sheer volume of applications, my guess is they rely heavily on your LinkedIn profile to pattern match based on their profile of a successful YC candidate. So yeah just because you don't look like what they want you to look like (school, history, network, etc), that's no judgement on you. Keep on keeping on.

threeseed 8y ago
This may be pretty close to the mark. I just got accepted (after initially rejected) and my startup is pre-launch and has zero customers/revenue. But I do have a degree and have worked for a dozen very large enterprises e.g. Apple, Oracle. It's great to be accepted but my passion for my startup hasn't changed one iota. Still going to work 24/7 regardless and so should everyone. Do it because you love it.
pedalpete 8y ago
That may be a heuristic, but if I'm any example, it's not all there is. I don't have a university degree and I doubt the companies I've worked for would be known by YC.
- pcmaffey 8y ago
  I'm sure your 4k karma helped though ;)

chaostheory 8y ago

Totally agree. The application for startup school was short and easy to fill out. Even with the normal YC application, it's basically getting you to write a business plan which is useful in of itself. Not sure if it'll help anyone, but I feel better when I see the backgrounds of the people who got in: https://theymadethat.com/organizations/d55c2ee1-c72e-568e-bb7d-8aee416661a8/members https://theymadethat.com/organizations/d55c2ee1-c72e-568e-bb...

kleopullin 8y ago
7% female founders in first 10 pages. That's a downer.
- chaostheory 8y ago
  There’s another obvious pattern if you look at enough profiles
  - dcurry1357 8y ago
    Solid facts....I went through every page and yeah...smh, definite pattern and type.
dcurry1357 8y ago
Wow...great point, 7% female founders in the first 9 pages, and out of 300+ members only 1 AA female and 1 AA male... Yeah, very telling indeed.

eddieh 8y ago

Did you get a rejection email? I haven’t received an accepted or rejected email yet.