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So, were they rejected or "kicked out", i.e. accepted only to get thrown out?
by kmfrk 14y ago
So, were they rejected or "kicked out", i.e. accepted only to get thrown out?
- rm999 14y agoI just read his 'infamous' post. He explains that he got accepted, then found out he would have to change his cofounders for personal reasons. This concerned ycombinator, which changed its mind and decided not to fund him because of all the sudden changes and the fact that it was affectively a single-founder company. http://joncrawford.com/post/20378314843/how-i-got-kicked-out-of-y-combinator-and-then-raised http://joncrawford.com/post/20378314843/how-i-got-kicked-out...
- rhizome 14y agoIt's even more complicated than that: http://joncrawford.com/post/20378314843/how-i-got-kicked-out-of-y-combinator-and-then-raised http://joncrawford.com/post/20378314843/how-i-got-kicked-out... He glosses over it, but basically he appears to be a biz guy who had lost his technical cofounders for some reason and had his (idiosyncratic and evidently tenatative) acceptance rescinded.
- NewMonarch 14y agoHi, Jon here! Actually, I'm the technical founder. I'm a Ruby on Rails developer originally (have commits in Rails itself). The other founders were graphic design and sales. For about 6 months (post YC incident), I was doing design, engineering, customer support, and fundraising for our seed round with just the help of my wife helping out with Community and writing. Sometimes I miss those days. :)
- rhizome 14y agoAh, so more or less the non tech founders. Different axis, same point. ;)
- rdl 14y agoCongratulations for continuing to kicking ass with your business even after the unpleasantness with YC.
- crapshoot101 14y agoHell of a story Jon - congratulations!
- durga 14y agoExceptional pursuit in the face of difficulty.