rejected!
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as of today I'm out to prove them wrong. wish me luck and good luck to those who have been accepted
I'm sure, it's frustrating if you don't know real reason why they rejected you so I wish you good luck, As we say, "what don't kill you that gives you more power".
Good luck. We're on that path, too.
That's the best rejection letter I've ever read.
Hard to say, I think the reason we were rejected is that we flat out aren't ready and the application made it pretty obvious.
I greatly appreciate Y-Combinator taking the time to review our app, because if I'd accepted "we're not ready" as a reason to not apply at all, then there's a good chance I'd have abandoned the idea of starting a business altogether.
I greatly appreciate Y-Combinator taking the time to review our app, because if I'd accepted "we're not ready" as a reason to not apply at all, then there's a good chance I'd have abandoned the idea of starting a business altogether.
You haven't gotten too many rejection letters then:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rejection_Letter
This falls in the not-very-good category of "mass printed letter".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rejection_Letter
This falls in the not-very-good category of "mass printed letter".
Rejected here too. I'm not surprised; it was a long shot to begin with, and I don't think my goals as a founder and their goals as investors really lined up. It probably didn't help that I'm a sole founder, either.
Time for Plan B. Powerball tickets. Er, I mean, the slowly growing micro-ISV approach.
Time for Plan B. Powerball tickets. Er, I mean, the slowly growing micro-ISV approach.
No need to grow slow... unless slow growth is what you want. $6k is not the difference between high growth and slow growth.
Well, slow growth while I work at my day job.
$10-$15K is the difference between being able to quit my day job and get the company going in 3 months and having to keep my day job and get the company going in 9 months to a year.
And if I need to keep the day job, slow sustainable growth -- meaning I can project income, and project reasonably accurately when I can quit my day job -- is much better than a spike that I need to deal with in crisis mode.
$10-$15K is the difference between being able to quit my day job and get the company going in 3 months and having to keep my day job and get the company going in 9 months to a year.
And if I need to keep the day job, slow sustainable growth -- meaning I can project income, and project reasonably accurately when I can quit my day job -- is much better than a spike that I need to deal with in crisis mode.
I'm wondering if I should email them about the webby award i won today for the site they rejected ;)
neurokinetikz.com
http://webbyawards.com/webbys/current_honorees.php?category_id=48
neurokinetikz.com
http://webbyawards.com/webbys/current_honorees.php?category_id=48
I went to that site and saw a blog with a animated matrix background. I didn't get it.
I know it sucks to be rejected (went thru it recently myself) but don't fall into the trap of sour grapes.
Find out what you can do better, or improve on.
And I think this is probably a good forum for doing that.
I know it sucks to be rejected (went thru it recently myself) but don't fall into the trap of sour grapes.
Find out what you can do better, or improve on.
And I think this is probably a good forum for doing that.
While I'm sure your site is awesome, the Webby hasn't been a valid measure of quality in nine or ten years.
C'me.... with the age of EC2 and S3, there are no reason you cannot bootstrap the whole thing yourself?
And there are tons of other ways to make money, if you are smart enough to build a startup.
Surely is nice to have somebody written you a $10,000 check to start of with... but believe me, you will never forget the moment you received the first payment from the credit card gateway company.
It is better if you can grow your business with your own money, if you have a choice.
And there are tons of other ways to make money, if you are smart enough to build a startup.
Surely is nice to have somebody written you a $10,000 check to start of with... but believe me, you will never forget the moment you received the first payment from the credit card gateway company.
It is better if you can grow your business with your own money, if you have a choice.
Me too, twice :). I can't wait to see who got funded. Maybe they want to show us their apps?
We realize this process is fraught with error. It's practically certain that groups we rejected will go on to create successful startups. If you do, we'd appreciate it if you'd send us an email telling us about it; we want to learn from our mistakes.
Thanks,
Y Combinator Staff