YC S15 Interview Invites Today
When would the suspense be lifted?
Waiting with fingers crossed.
If you get in, that's the last break you'll have for awhile.
If you don't get in, it's a good reminder that it's not the end of the world.
Either way, you can't lose.
Again, good luck, and congratulations on stepping up to take a big giant swing.
Thank you for applying to Y Combinator; however, your startup was not selected to interview for the upcoming Y Combinator batch. We carefully reviewed thousands of applications and since there's a limit on the number of startups we can interview in person, we had to turn away a lot of promising groups. It's alarming how often the last group to make it over the interview threshold ends up getting accepted to YC. That means there are surely other good groups that fall just below the threshold. Furthermore, a much smaller percentage of late applications are invited for interviews.
Unfortunately we can't give you individual feedback about your application. This page explains why: http://ycombinator.com/whynot/
We sincerely hope and encourage you to reapply for the next batch. Applying multiple times in no way counts against you and a surprisingly large number of companies are funded after applying more than once.
We're trying to get better at this, but 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.
At any rate, very cool!
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If you have a product close to launch, consider applying to the pitch competition at the startup conference next month. We are always looking for the best startups to feature on stage.
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(We just ended up getting the rejection email, although it doesn't change anything)
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Lots of early interest from app developers because of potential to drive app installs straight from the app using app metadata (i.e. including link to app store page) injected into every screenshot.
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No matter what, just remember that it's Friday and the sun is still out at 6pm.
Get out and build. Get customers. Change the world. The time and energy spent being nervous about this is not productive.
I don't doubt YCombinator will help in tremendous ways (I also applied), but it's important to keep pushing forward in spite of whether you are invited for the interview or not.
Easier said than done, specially today (I firmly believe in that, and am here after all).
It was the kind of things where you discover the existence 4 days before the deadline and you think : there has to be a reason why I discover it now.
Indeed, I think there was a reason, but this reason was not getting into YC as I thought. It helped me realize that there is no better time for me to launch my startup and that I am more than ready for that.
It was my first application and I don't think I'm ever going to apply to YC or this kind of big incubator again. God only knows, but that's clearly not my mindset today. It distracted me a lot from working on my product, so I imagine what it would have been if I had planned it for months and applied at several places. I'll focus my efforts on developping my product, and I'll work with local investors one step at a time.
Nice experience anyway, and congratulations to those that have been invited ! I hope we'll meet down the path of success - I'm not saying you'll be there first ; )
Cheers
Good luck!
My suggestion would be to map out the next six hours of your life. Just six hours. You can do that, surely. Then execute them. FLAWLESSLY, and exactly. When you're done, come back, and see what YC had to say. But whatever they say, you'll have a sense of real confidence that you can execute -- and that you don't need YC's permission to be a success.
Doesn't matter what it is -- hack some code, smile and dial, go for a run, read a book, whatever. But EXECUTE, and you'll feel better.
And to all who applied -- good luck! This isn't my first rodeo (in terms of YC or startups) and I can say for sure that a.) YC isn't right for every company at every stage and b.) there's a lot of ways to skin a cat, so keep on truckin!
I made a plan- going to get lunch and walk by the ocean. Pass the time.
But getting into YC is a big deal. I obviously won't give up if I don't get in, but getting in is a really huge deal. I've invested so much thought and energy into it for months. I just want to know!
I'd go for a walk by the East River but I'm at work and I don't want to get MRSA from a radioactive sea creature.
In short, focus on building and GL!
Enjoy good ol' McFerrin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-diB65scQU and hum along with us =)
GL though
Honestly they way they handle the rejection letters feels like a sucker punch in the face, I get them not wanting to spend a lot of time on it but damn.