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Ask YC: Your YC App - 10pm EST just passed, how do you feel?

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Nothing gives focus like a deadline. I didn't manage to accommodate pg's request to submit early. Somehow, there was always "one more thing" to correct or add. I'd love to make a few more edits, but having it out of my hands is also a relief.

So, how does everyone feel about their submission? Did you say what you wanted? Do you wish you had more time?

Edit: Almost forgot: Good Luck!!!

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Relieved, I guess, but this time feels a lot more anticlimactic than the last 3 times I've applied. Possibly because I really don't expect to get in, with the badness=YES field this time. (My cofounder quit last week.) I figure it can't hurt to try, but really I've just gotta keep hacking until I have something people want, and then it doesn't really matter whether we're funded by YC or not.

> My cofounder quit last week

Hey I understand how difficult it must be for you. Be cheerful. Giving you man2man moral support from here. Arc in JS = awesome. Keep having fun.

Thanks. :-)

Glad I did it this time... I almost did it last time. I hated setting badness = "yes"

I'm glad I did it this time as well. Whenever I fear rejection, I remind myself how sad I would be looking back if I didn't I try.

Badness = yes was painful. I wished there was a box to justify yourself ;)

To answer ericb's question, I feel exausted, having worked all day then decided to apply and filled out the form in less than three hours. I always do these things at the last minute, I don't know why, but its worked out for me in the past one way or another. Hope pg excuses my grammatical errors!

Either way, ferociously trying to get across the core of the idea double-quick was a great exercise.

Good luck all!

Oddly, I feel like playing old-school Counter Strike.

I put in some extra effort, polished my software a little and put the latest dev version of it online for the YC people to see as a demo. But having done plenty of work the last few weeks, I felt like relaxing, so yesterday I played CS for the first time in about 6 years :)

I'll still keep working on this regardless, but it'd sure be nice to be able to work on my stuff full time instead of the part time effort that it is right now.

I don't know about you, but I'm counting the hours until April 9.

I hear that! We first submitted Sunday night, but ended up making tons of changes at the last minute to better explain our idea. That application really forces you to drill down to the essence of your idea, which is an awesome exercise in itself. Good luck everyone!

Part of me will be counting, but I know I'm doing this venture regardless. The money is not the key for me. It's a matter of whether I can get the extra advantages YC offers, so I'm trying not to focus on it too much...

Me too. I will do my startup regardless the result. But it would be so good to have YC on my site.

My thought as well. YC would be huge for me; the resources they can offer and the sense of community and advice most importantly. But I'm certainly doing this either way. Not getting selected will not deter me. If not getting selected does deter you, you may want to reconsider why you applied in the first place :).

It would seem more prudent to already be looking for the next funding source. You'll need it whether YC works out or not.

Or building your product. Much easier to get funding if you don't need it.

I just stumbled upon one of pg's essays the other day. It lead me here. I had an idea that I plan on working on anyway, unfortunately I had no time to put a demo together. Only thing I have is a partially working db with no front end. Also, I wasn't able to dig up a co-founder. Hopefully they think it's a great idea.

Good Luck to all of us!

It is still editable....

Thanks!

Excited, but no time to rest just yet. Next deadline is the Android Challenge, which is creeping up way too quickly.

Thrilled to be in the pool, and even happier to be working on something I believe strongly in.

extremely excited!!! Counting the days down as well...

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