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Ask HN: Didn't get in YC S11? Are you going to charge forwards anyway?
I know I AM !! :) Who's with me? You'll face many rejections throughout the lifetime of the company, if you stop at the first rejection, you've already lost.
Please describe in 1-3 sentences what you're building.
- DarrenLyman 16y agoNope, Already doing it. A user driven embed-able music polling platform / app. Its partially developed right now and will be rocking the music industry very soon. We also hold huge ground with existing social networks and launching already developed apps very soon. Looking forward to being the one that got away... and never looking back! What are you building?
- abbasmehdi 16y agoGreat attitude brother!
- DarrenLyman 16y agoThanks!
- d0m 16y ago"A user driven embed-able music polling platform / app". <-- ?!?!?
- DarrenLyman 16y agoMore to come, very soon!
- Animus7 16y agoI think that if getting a rejection from YC is enough to stop someone, then that was probably one of the reasons they were rejected.
- jayliew 16y agoI like to think I got my personal daily rejection quota filled today :) http://cdixon.org/2010/09/12/getting-rejected/ http://cdixon.org/2010/09/12/getting-rejected/
- ffumarola 16y agoNope, we are doing a weekend coding session to get some of our backend developed.
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- nethsix 16y agoMy opinion is that applying for funding should merely be something to bring 'excitement' to an otherwise tough' monotonous' life of an entrepreneur. Whether you get funded does not only depend on the ingenuity of your idea but a match between you and the funder. You should continue working because you believe in your idea (to some extent but over-believing is unhealthy) and simply because what else would you do with your spare time =)
- mtran 16y agoThe process definitely did this for us.
- neosavvy 16y agoI am working on an expense tracking system, pretty far along. Available here if anyone wants to try it out. http://nets.neosavvy.com:8080/nets/expense/ http://nets.neosavvy.com:8080/nets/expense/ Anyone who wants to be a beta tester or get some help using it drop me an email aparrish@neosavvy.com http://blog.neosavvy.com/wordpress/?p=254 http://blog.neosavvy.com/wordpress/?p=254
- ammmir 16y agoyeah, no point in me stopping when the product is 80% built already (of course the last 20% is the toughest). i applied with a social photo search app... it's like greplin for photos and videos. if you want an invite to the beta, sign up at http://www.pilvy.com/ http://www.pilvy.com/
- rottencupcakes 16y agoDo you really think anyone who isn't going to charge forward is going to post "no, i'm quitting now." in this thread?
- jayliew 16y agoTitle of this post, asked who's charging forward, not who's not charging forwards. Thanks.
- solipsist 16y agoIf it makes you feel better, you can assume the title to be this instead: Didn't get in YC S11? How are you going to charge forwards? I think the point of this post was for it to be a morale booster. While everyone might agree to go on charging forwards, people will most likely have different approaches in doing so. That's what this is all about.
- EGreg 16y agoWe're building a next-generation, distributed social network which gives users control over their data, and helps their social lives in the real world instead of online. Oh yeah, and we already have over 70k active users who downloaded our app in the last 2 months. So I am curious why YC didn't even want to interview us, but then again, their rejection letter doesn't leave many clues :) http://qbix.com http://qbix.com
- rottencupcakes 16y agoYour spiel here is very motivating, motivating enough to make me click your link. However, your website doesn't represent this at all. Your front page leaves me wondering "What do they do." None of the "apps" you have give me any indication of being the "Next generation social network." I'm left confused as to what you do, or why I would sign up.
- EGreg 16y agoThat's okay. We didn't optimize the site for that yet. Right now, most of our users simply interact through the apps and we are going viral through that. In about a month, it will all start to make sense. Check back then :)
- cdgreen1 16y agoWow! Very interesting. You'll have a kick butt team and two successful apps (Groups and Calender) that I know people use all the time. It would be interesting to see how the selection process works.
- EGreg 16y agoYeah I have no idea why they didn't even want to interview us. I mean, I saw the batch of YC companies in winter 2010. I would humbly like to say that we seem to be closer to what YC says they are looking for, than several of those companies were. For example, we applied in Winter 2010, YC rejected us without an interview, and then we went ahead and secured investment and launched and already have 80k users and nearly all ratings are 5/5 . Our apps are being used 30k times a day (in aggregate) so engagement is high. Not only that, but we are already generating profit. YC says they like entrepreneurs that hang in there. Also, they say they like people who achieved a lot. I was a concert pianist when I was a kid and went to college at 14. ( http://magarshak.com http://magarshak.com ). I normally don't say that but I thought I might as well just mention it. So I have no idea how their selection process works. If they had any concerns about the company, I would have been happy to talk to them in person. I think we at least would have warranted an interview. I personally think YC made a "wrong decision". But it may very well be that the selection process has other things that I am not aware of. For example, they may have so many applicants that they are looking for specific things they did NOT mention on the site, and these may be weighted more heavily. Anyway, we are a bit surprised, but that's about it :)
- dtyleryork 16y agoWe're working on a flash-sales site with a focus for launching new products (rather than selling overstock of old products). We want to give small merchants and designers a captive audience to get those first early adopters. We currently have a landing page at http://www.Trisse.com http://www.Trisse.com
- suhail 16y agoIf you got rejected, Mixpanel is giving out free startup plans to all those that are rejected to help bootstrap. Please forward your rejection email as proof. Email free@mixpanel.com. Keep chugging along.
- dtyleryork 16y agoclever promo. nice
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- bdclimber14 16y agoWe applied with http://getrunrate.com http://getrunrate.com and are charging forward! It's simple bookkeeping software with an elegant interface that surpasses Mint.com and a focus on mobile access and digitizing receipts.
- stc 16y agoI have not yet begun to charge forwards!
- closedbracket 16y agoI'm going to charge backwards, just for the hell of it.
- luislp 16y agoI apply with an excellent idea about qr code based social platform, we are going forward! We already have customers, don't know why YC put money in social pokemon games at facebook and not in our platform. I don't understand this at all.
- lifestyleigni 16y agoStill powering away on http://spothero.com http://spothero.com an online marketplace that let's you rent out your parking spot when you're not using it
- samdalton 16y agoMany rejections later, but still amped and loving it. They may have already picked a social commerce startup last intake, but they'll wish they took this one instead ;) There's simply nothing else to do but go forwards.
- katieben 16y agoYes. A social startup with a plan and revenue strategy, though I'm squeamish about talking super publicly about it. I'm looking for cofounders, if anyone's interested in joining me. I'm more interested in passionate, driven, generally super smart people than any particular skillset. Let me know if you're interested and let's talk offline. (:
- Sloven 16y agoWhen the next round?
- mceachen 16y ago"There are two each year, one from January through March and one from June through August." -- http://ycombinator.com/about.html http://ycombinator.com/about.html
- pclark 16y agoI think that a good route to go if you get rejected is use this time between now and winter 12 yc batch to charge forwards - it demonstrates fabulous determination and tenacity in the face of rejection.
- hari91 16y agofaceless.com/qa/, it's a website based on real-time infotainment over local communities; im a comm/web design major and i really love the idea of local; why not make it positive and incentize users to provide local information that pertains to them; most social networks are based on who you know, this is based on community-verified users you don't already know. i really wanted a chance to share with yc =/ i thought it was a great idea and i have a great team!
- hari91 16y agooh yep, we're def going to go ahead and charge with it! =] put a lot of time into it! goodluck everyone else too =] not the end of the world!
- adrianwaj 16y agoI wonder if YC's size is working against it. It can't invest in 2 startups that do the same or similar things? And in this case you're only giving them free insights. This is why I am critical of YC: no official list of their investees to see if they'll be a conflict of interest. Why not? What other VC websites don't list their portfolio companies? I shouldn't say it's a scam. lal.com got rejected: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2422799 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2422799 Can't comment on the thread.. bit too much like messageparty? Think being a participant of this forum will help? If the team happens to remember you , but it won't hinder you if you're not. HN is YC's API, plugin, hope for everything, prepare for nothing. I think I'll go on American Idol now.
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