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Hi everyone - Startups are hard. I hope you'll keep going in the face of adversity. If so, Mixpanel is here to help. Forward a copy of your YC rejection email

by trefn 14y ago

Hi everyone - Startups are hard. I hope you'll keep going in the face of adversity. If so, Mixpanel is here to help. Forward a copy of your YC rejection email to free@mixpanel.com and we'll hook you up with our $150/month Startup plan, free forever.

visualcsharp 14y ago
It's cool what you're offering, but IMO being rejected by YC isn't "adversity." Folks need to stop pinning their hopes on a handout from others. How about everyone uses their spare time to build something cool, deploy it to a cheap Web server costing $30/m, see if people use it, actually /sell/ product and then go straight to the big dog investors?
- scottmagdalein 14y ago
  I think he's just being nice and using "we didn't get into YC" as a chance to show some love.
- colbyh 14y ago
  I actually think what he's offering is incredibly awesome. Startups at this level NEED a product like Mixpanel and he's offering it for free. Not all rejection is "adversity" per se, but a lot of people had a non-negligible amount of hope resting on their YC applications. At this stage in the game everything that isn't a giant step forward can feel like a kick in the face. Kudos to Mixpanel for understanding that.
- justizin 14y ago
  Investments are not a handout, homey.
zoba 14y ago
Sent! I only forwarded it, didn't include any extra text. Do I need to do anything else or should I just wait patiently for a response? Thanks for offering this! Doesn't feel as much like rejection any more ;)
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- trefn 14y ago
  Responses should be winging their way through the ether.
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biscarch 14y ago
Sent. Much thanks for this. $150 isn't exactly chump change at the moment.
co_pl_te 14y ago
Thank you. Very cool of you to extend that offer. Way to turn a downer into a positive for a lot of startup hopefuls. Mixpanel gets my love.
bbunix 14y ago
Nice move Mixpanel... now just have to get up to those 10K monthly users!
ainsleyb 14y ago
Love what Mixpanel is doing, so we'd like to jump on the bandwagon. Offering our $59 Basic plan for free for life, and 50% off all other plans. Happy to keep startups secure :) Email your YC rejection letter to founders@tinfoilsecurity.com
amogh10 14y ago
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spuiszis 14y ago
Thanks man
patd 14y ago
Can I also upgrade an existing account ? I took the 200k datapoint appsumo offer a while back.
bmelton 14y ago
My love for Mixpanel has now caused me a moral dilemma in which I briefly considered the ease with which I could forge an email and get free service. Don't worry, the good angel won the battle, but uhhh, I hope you're doing something to verify email headers and all that jazz. If it had been the $350 plan, I don't know that I could have held out. To anybody wondering whether or not you actually need this offer (and is legitimately eligible), jump on it now. I picked up an old Mixpanel plan on an AppSumo deal with no idea how to use it whatsoever, and it's now used integrally in a variety of projects.
jldavid 14y ago
Thanks so much for the offer - just signed up!
JoeyJelinek 14y ago
thanks bro :)

by trefn 14y ago

visualcsharp 14y ago

It's cool what you're offering, but IMO being rejected by YC isn't "adversity." Folks need to stop pinning their hopes on a handout from others. How about everyone uses their spare time to build something cool, deploy it to a cheap Web server costing $30/m, see if people use it, actually /sell/ product and then go straight to the big dog investors?

scottmagdalein 14y ago
I think he's just being nice and using "we didn't get into YC" as a chance to show some love.
colbyh 14y ago
I actually think what he's offering is incredibly awesome. Startups at this level NEED a product like Mixpanel and he's offering it for free. Not all rejection is "adversity" per se, but a lot of people had a non-negligible amount of hope resting on their YC applications. At this stage in the game everything that isn't a giant step forward can feel like a kick in the face. Kudos to Mixpanel for understanding that.
justizin 14y ago
Investments are not a handout, homey.

zoba 14y ago

Sent! I only forwarded it, didn't include any extra text. Do I need to do anything else or should I just wait patiently for a response? Thanks for offering this! Doesn't feel as much like rejection any more ;)

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trefn 14y ago
Responses should be winging their way through the ether.
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biscarch 14y ago

Sent. Much thanks for this. $150 isn't exactly chump change at the moment.

co_pl_te 14y ago

Thank you. Very cool of you to extend that offer. Way to turn a downer into a positive for a lot of startup hopefuls. Mixpanel gets my love.

bbunix 14y ago

Nice move Mixpanel... now just have to get up to those 10K monthly users!

ainsleyb 14y ago

Love what Mixpanel is doing, so we'd like to jump on the bandwagon. Offering our $59 Basic plan for free for life, and 50% off all other plans. Happy to keep startups secure :) Email your YC rejection letter to founders@tinfoilsecurity.com

amogh10 14y ago

Bummer: Delivery to the following recipient failed permanently: free@mixpanel.com Technical details of permanent failure: Message rejected by Google Groups. Please visit http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=188131 http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answe... to review our Bulk Email Senders Guidelines.

spuiszis 14y ago

Thanks man

patd 14y ago

Can I also upgrade an existing account ? I took the 200k datapoint appsumo offer a while back.

bmelton 14y ago

My love for Mixpanel has now caused me a moral dilemma in which I briefly considered the ease with which I could forge an email and get free service. Don't worry, the good angel won the battle, but uhhh, I hope you're doing something to verify email headers and all that jazz. If it had been the $350 plan, I don't know that I could have held out. To anybody wondering whether or not you actually need this offer (and is legitimately eligible), jump on it now. I picked up an old Mixpanel plan on an AppSumo deal with no idea how to use it whatsoever, and it's now used integrally in a variety of projects.

jldavid 14y ago

Thanks so much for the offer - just signed up!

JoeyJelinek 14y ago

thanks bro :)