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No they are not. YC has more experience than you. YC has more success than you. If they turned you down, listen to the "why" and make the adjustments necessa

by fiaz 18y ago

No they are not. YC has more experience than you. YC has more success than you. If they turned you down, listen to the "why" and make the adjustments necessary to be successful. Consider it a badge of honor that they even gave you the time of day. Take the information, feedback, advice, and rejection to heart and grow a pair. Success is not static, it is dynamic.

danielzarick 18y ago
You are missing the point. The people that got turned down for interviews didn't even get feedback. It is just a glorified "sorry and we really appreciate you" letter with a "let us know if we're wrong and you do something awesome" attached to the end. So this is also the stage where many people hang their heads down and go back to their normal routine of nothing. But this is the only flaw in the YC system. It takes people who are not entrepreneurs and wholly dedicated to their idea and gives them an opportunity because they are a good hacker. Now once it gets to the interview stage they access how dedicated you are, but who wouldn't be at that point? So please don't make some hugely dramatic post. Paul and Jessica would (and do) say that they are wrong about many startups. Not only the ones from interviews, but even with the applications. There are so many high-level applicants that it is hard to access who fits where.
vaksel 18y ago
YC has more success than you. Yes and no. They had a number of exits, but most of their startups didn't get anywhere. The thing is that investors are more or less shooting in the dark. Sure some might have a slightly better success ratio, but even the top investors pass on sure things all the time
noamsml 18y ago
Yes and no. YC has more success than you but that doesn't mean that they're right about you. Your job is never to take the advice of an authority figure simply because they are an authority figure. People who work like that never succeed.

by fiaz 18y ago

danielzarick 18y ago

You are missing the point. The people that got turned down for interviews didn't even get feedback. It is just a glorified "sorry and we really appreciate you" letter with a "let us know if we're wrong and you do something awesome" attached to the end. So this is also the stage where many people hang their heads down and go back to their normal routine of nothing. But this is the only flaw in the YC system. It takes people who are not entrepreneurs and wholly dedicated to their idea and gives them an opportunity because they are a good hacker. Now once it gets to the interview stage they access how dedicated you are, but who wouldn't be at that point? So please don't make some hugely dramatic post. Paul and Jessica would (and do) say that they are wrong about many startups. Not only the ones from interviews, but even with the applications. There are so many high-level applicants that it is hard to access who fits where.

vaksel 18y ago

YC has more success than you. Yes and no. They had a number of exits, but most of their startups didn't get anywhere. The thing is that investors are more or less shooting in the dark. Sure some might have a slightly better success ratio, but even the top investors pass on sure things all the time

noamsml 18y ago

Yes and no. YC has more success than you but that doesn't mean that they're right about you. Your job is never to take the advice of an authority figure simply because they are an authority figure. People who work like that never succeed.