Everybody is racing to create the future and don't slow down just because you didn't get into YC.
Who knows maybe PG will be cool enough to show up and grab a few drinks too!
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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 :)