It's nice to see the side of investors that still have a passion for startups so much so that they feel sad when they reject people. It often feels like noone

It's nice to see the side of investors that still have a passion for startups so much so that they feel sad when they reject people. It often feels like noone in that world has empathy. For the ones getting rejection emails tonight don't sweat it. I got into YC on my Third try and it was worth every rejection. We're building a company now and spent months getting rejected about raising a seed round before suddenly becoming one of the "hot" companies with investors and being in a position to turn the same people who were turning us away down for a change. All this to say Sam is right. If you're working on something, there is traction and/or you truly believe in it don't give up. The only validation to worry about at this stage of the game is user validation. Talk to Users. Write Code. Best of luck with whatever you're building and if I can ever be of help feel free to email me (email in profile)