If yc rejects google, they can come to me. I'll find a way to scrape together $15,000 for a 6% stake in their company.
Google doesnt want $15K. They want connections and expert advice and guidance; can you provide that?
Oddly enough, yes. I often think of things they could do better. One would be to let their hackers just release stuff they build, without worrying that it would harm the Google brand. Initial releases are often lame. If you insist something is great before it can be released, you kill a lot of ideas before they have time to grow. And I suspect Google's brand is judged by the best stuff they do, not the worst. If they told people they were just letting their hackers launch whatever they wanted, and that most of it would be bad, users would understand.
I feel uneasy about (what PG just said) "just release stuff they build, without worrying...".
Isnt it showing disrespect for the user? If I do my very best for you, it is saying that I respect you.
Oddly enough, it is in enterprise software that I find great care taken to see that a certain level of quality is reached. I myself try to write code that I would feel comfortable saying it is of decent quality. (of course, my 'good' code may be your nightmare).
They seem to release things internally first. This makes a lot of sense, but yes, doesn't help much with things targeting non-hackers.
Tell me specifically what kind of connections, expert advice and guidance google wants, and I can tell you whether I'd be a viable second choice or not. :-)