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Wait, did they choose to shut down because they weren't accepted to YC? I haven't applied and can't exactly put myself in their place, but I feel like the most
by meterplech 16y ago
Wait, did they choose to shut down because they weren't accepted to YC? I haven't applied and can't exactly put myself in their place, but I feel like the most successful people would continue to try to grow their company anyway. Or is there a bigger story here I am missing?
Edit: grammar
- yesimahuman 16y agoThough it might seem that way, it was more that YC was a last straw. We think we had an interesting product and there were a lot of possibilities, but there were also a lot of other problems as well, some I wrote about and some I didn't. I definitely wouldn't let a YC decision have an impact on your business, but consider their feedback one part of many that you will receive while building your company, and react accordingly.
- pclark 16y agoYou should build something else instead of entirely stopping.
- hubb 16y agoFTA: It was a huge confidence booster that I will take with me into my future projects. I hope to interview with YC again with whatever project I happen on next (maybe Fready?)
- pclark 16y agoI hope he started the day after rejection, is what I meant
- yesimahuman 16y agoWhy would I ever stop? :) This product is no longer, but there are many other related ones that build on what I've learned and I'm currently exploring them.
- meterplech 16y agoFair enough- I would definitely classify that as other information. Didn't mean to be overly judgmental. I just know that TechCrunch recently had an article about foreign startups aiming for funding and not building a business, and was thinking of that.
- brc 16y agoHaving someone they respect tell them something they that, deep down, already knew, was probably the reason they shut it down. If the business model isn't right, then it isn't right and no amount of coding can fix that.
- skmurphy 16y agoThe business model is very fixable.