when you reapplied with the same startup, how much did you tweak the idea or was it mostly just a change of interview strategy? In other words, why did you reapply thinking that you will have have a better chance to get in than last time?
Backspaces went from 1,000 users (first application) to 60,000 users in the 6 months since we'd first applied. We worked on this full time and we got an interview the second time.
We re-applied along the way because we had progressed and gotten better at everything each time. We never even got an interview until 5th or 6th time.
Note: If you somehow get face time with one of the partners and you impress them, you will likely get an interview. We made that happen and then got an interview.