Ask PG/YC: Have all YC W14 interview invitations been sent out?
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I just heard notices will be sent out 'late this evening'. And I'm assuming that's late this evening, PST. Also we got 4 views. 1 was me, 3 had to be from YC.
Good luck everyone! Either way- our team will be celebrating or drinking our sorrows away tonight at Rye Bar in San Francisco (http://www.ryesf.com/). Feel free to stop by...would love to connect either way! Feel free to reach out nirav(at)requext.com
Who knows maybe PG will be cool enough to show up and grab a few drinks too!
Who knows maybe PG will be cool enough to show up and grab a few drinks too!
SFO is an airport; I thought you were going to a bar in the airport!
Sorry, I meant in the city. The bar is on Geary and Leavenworth.
Been hitting refresh on the inbox all day!
Curious about other people and their video views, we got about 7 hits on ours after the deadline from California (Youtube analytics wont go any deeper). I doubt they were all from YC as the link was sent to other alums who reviewed our app and it is possible on of them hit it up after the deadline.
Anyone else look at their stats?
Curious about other people and their video views, we got about 7 hits on ours after the deadline from California (Youtube analytics wont go any deeper). I doubt they were all from YC as the link was sent to other alums who reviewed our app and it is possible on of them hit it up after the deadline.
Anyone else look at their stats?
Yes, we got 7 views spread over 5 days that were probably all from YC reviewers (embedded player). They watched an average of just over 1 minute of the video which was just under 2 minutes long. We were not invited to the interview.
There was some very cool discussion at the end of the video and I'm guessing none of them saw it. Elsewhere in this thread is the speculation that high views = application that was on the fence and I guess I take comfort in that.
Anyway, if we were to apply in the future I'd ensure we had a shorter video. On the other hand, we were highly unusual candidates so it's possible we were just a bad match.
There was some very cool discussion at the end of the video and I'm guessing none of them saw it. Elsewhere in this thread is the speculation that high views = application that was on the fence and I guess I take comfort in that.
Anyway, if we were to apply in the future I'd ensure we had a shorter video. On the other hand, we were highly unusual candidates so it's possible we were just a bad match.
I had three views from the embedded player, but they were all for about 55 seconds, when our video was about two minutes long... I don't know what this means, but I guess I'll find out soon!
To be fair, the application specifically asked the video to be 1 minute long...
Haha, that is true! So I have a random question: your account was created 700 some odd days ago, which seem like a long time for some one who is currently applying, but if you read hackernews just for the content, I am not sure why you would be on this thread... And I believe one of your older posts said you worked for google... so I guess my question is what is your motivation to be in this thread? Purely for curiosities sake...
I have been enjoying HackerNews before I even learnt much about YC. I am currently working for Google and I've worked for a YC company before, so I am pretty interested in this space. 700 days is slightly less than 2 years, it really is a very short amount of time in the grand scheme of things.
Also, most people create account on HN for the ability to comment on things, this is a fun site that's popular for way more than just YC related things.
Also, most people create account on HN for the ability to comment on things, this is a fun site that's popular for way more than just YC related things.
Are they embedded views or from the YT view page?
I'm not sure whether 7 views from YC is good or bad. If they were all from YC, I'd say that means they might be on the fence about inviting your team to interview. When they're sure either way there is little point in watching the video repeatedly, especially when they have another 50 to get through that day.
Good luck to everyone.
I'm not sure whether 7 views from YC is good or bad. If they were all from YC, I'd say that means they might be on the fence about inviting your team to interview. When they're sure either way there is little point in watching the video repeatedly, especially when they have another 50 to get through that day.
Good luck to everyone.
5 different views from embedded players in California.
Oct 24, 27, 29 and twice on the 31st. average view durations are odd though, 1:09 and 1:02 for the 24th and 27th; :23 and :22 for the others.
Lots of ways I could analyze this but I choose to view it as positive sign.
Oct 24, 27, 29 and twice on the 31st. average view durations are odd though, 1:09 and 1:02 for the 24th and 27th; :23 and :22 for the others.
Lots of ways I could analyze this but I choose to view it as positive sign.
In our case, we had 1 view from California, but it lasted 22 seconds (our video was 1:37), so it doesn't look too good...
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Now I'm really interested in the correlation between video hits and interview invites.
I don't really think there is much to look into, and if there was a relationship it is probably spurious. You don't know the reasons why they are looking at any particular video, nor do you know if they are using auto-play (which might not show on stats).
Possibly you can see whether you make it past the alumni filter (http://www.quora.com/Y-Combinator/Do-all-YC-partners-read-ea...), but beyond that I am not sure.
Possibly you can see whether you make it past the alumni filter (http://www.quora.com/Y-Combinator/Do-all-YC-partners-read-ea...), but beyond that I am not sure.
Oh I suspect so. But sometimes it's nice to feed your own confirmation biases for a few hours.
Hahah me too!!
YC watch from a embedded player, so check the traffic source also to know how many from YC.
Did not send the link to anyone else except YC. We got one view from US the next day (after the deadline). Being from India, we believe that should have been the YC team.
1 minute out of 2 for me. Meh just applied for fun anyways. I'm still staying in SF on my own with product revenue anyways. Location is all that matters to me.
I didn't realize they were still working on it, saw no E-mail so I deleted the Video without looking at the stats. Oops!
Why not submit a unique link, the clicks on which you could track?
PG just posted - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6672578
Dear God that is a long time to be this nervous. I must take this time to add a feature that will forever be code named the 'nervously waiting' feature
I'm always surprised how long it takes for someone to post this question :-) the notices tend to go out around 8-10pm est. Good luck everyone!
2 more hours to go! Fingers crossed
Good luck everyone!! :fingers crossed:
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Thanks!
PG just tweeted midnight PST. https://twitter.com/paulg/status/397537535452131329 this is already agony, we're 21hrs ahead of PST here in NZ so technically I've been waiting 2 days now since the 4th was yesterday!
My god, this waiting is killing us :D
In our case (loovin.com), we've got 7 views to the demo site and 4 views in the video (this are views we know that are from them only, yeah... we check this all day long :)).
Good luck everyone!
In our case (loovin.com), we've got 7 views to the demo site and 4 views in the video (this are views we know that are from them only, yeah... we check this all day long :)).
Good luck everyone!
Awesome! I hope it works out for you!
My video was watched 6 times the day after the deadline. But I sent the link to 2 friends so I am guessing 4 views came from YC. I am going crazy waiting though....
My 4 yr old has access to my phone and hopefully it was not him who watched me pitch 5 times
Is it correct to assume that teams are notified one way or the other?
Yap. Atleast that's what it says on YC site.
Yes, last batch I got a very nicely written email beginning with "We're sorry to say we couldn't accept your proposal for funding..." about this time.
Haha. They have not looked at my video, so I have a strong chance to see the same email soon.
It is a little bit annoying that they asked for so many things, but then knock you out with your first line.
On the other side, thanks to this application, I feel that I am more concise. It is all about staying positive and moving forward regardless what happen.
Good Luck everyone! (including me :)
It is a little bit annoying that they asked for so many things, but then knock you out with your first line.
On the other side, thanks to this application, I feel that I am more concise. It is all about staying positive and moving forward regardless what happen.
Good Luck everyone! (including me :)
The other way to look at the YC application is that it provides a good structure to write down why your business. Regardless of acceptance/rejection, the application is something you can use going forward as a discussion point for your story.
I am already using it to improve my pitch deck ;).
Definitely the right way to view it.
Got that dreaded email. Rejected. Now back to work.
5 views from the embeddable YT player for us.
does anyone get questions from YC during the time?
i just got my rejection letter :-(
Everybody is racing to create the future and don't slow down just because you didn't get into YC.