Did Y Combinator send out the acceptance/ rejection emails yet?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3179780

by Claudius021 • 15 years ago

41 69 15 years ago

news.ycombinator.com

It is 8pm EST and I haven't received anything yet.

possiblyjoe• 15 years ago

Anyody have any idea what time did they went out the last few times?

timerickson• 15 years ago

Last round we got our rejection letter at 8:34:47 PM CDT. That's an hour and a half from now.

ig12• 15 years ago

someone reported 6:41 PST on the chat room

nhangen• 15 years ago

Last time most started receiving them between 9 and 10 est.

rougefeta6• 15 years ago

Please help us beat the clock.

http://rougefeta.com/view?id=GCZS2PXFur4uNApe4erotWY

TruthElixirX• 15 years ago

What is this? Spam?

amitz• 15 years ago

It takes talent to write something this confusing. Don't want to see the code they write

jpulgarin2• 15 years ago

This is THE most confusing thing I have come across.

rougefeta6• 15 years ago

MVP, thrown together over a few hours on a deadline.

Have you tried offering an incentive?

apparatchik2• 15 years ago

Interesting, this is apparently built off of news.arc

...what is it?

rougefeta6• 15 years ago

We are trying to figure out a way to make people respond online. Say, through email.

We are not spammers. This is in Arc, but written from scratch.

vicar• 15 years ago

Reading that hurts my head lol

veyron3• 15 years ago

I seem to be having issues accessing this page. Can you post a screenshot / explain what exactly you are doing?

alanh• 15 years ago

I cannot figure out why clicking “incentive” seems to be a circular link, and have no idea what you mean by incentive.

Agreed: This is the most confusing thing I have seen in recent memory.

Claudius021• 15 years ago

Thanks for the answers guys.

zoba• 15 years ago

I just got mine... didn't make it :(

yesimahuman2• 15 years ago

Yep. Got rejected here. Trying to make jQuery Mobile web app development easier with drag and drop tools and app management: http://codiqa.com

I've interviewed with a previous startup. Sucks to not make it this time but I'm confident we can help mobile devs solve the same problems we have with mobile web app development.

robbiet4803• 15 years ago

Just signed up, been looking for something like this that isn't AppMaker or the like.

Let me know if I can alpha/beta test for you...

robflynn4• 15 years ago

Off topic here, but I didn't see an e-mail in your profile. I would love to try it out when it's ready.

yesimahuman2• 15 years ago

It's max@codiqa.com

Thanks!

wavephorm2• 15 years ago

Whoo! 3rd time rejected! Getting rejected by YC definitely gets easier with time, and I have found it only motivates me further to keep going and prove them wrong.

polymath21• 15 years ago

Yup, 3rd time here too. This was our first time applying with TwoSides (http://www.twosides.co). No worries though, we should all keep plowin' along.

wavephorm2• 15 years ago

I think the 2 major things you can take away from being rejected multiple times are A) they really hate your idea, or B) what you're doing isn't "hot" among Silicon Valley investors right now. I have a feeling their choices depend greatly on what they think can get to a Series A funding round. So in either case it really doesn't invalidate what you're doing, and if you can at least get to ramen profitability, then it really doesn't matter what YC or anybody else thinks and you can keep chugging along.

jasonshen• 15 years ago

Did they send acceptance emails?

llebttam• 15 years ago

just got one (or rather, we got a "come in for an interview" email)

rdl2• 15 years ago

I've heard from at least one person who got an acceptance email so far; I imagine they've got a huge list of both this time.

robbiet4803• 15 years ago

We didn't make it :(

http://getcustard.com

callmeed2• 15 years ago

Sorry to hear that. Saw you present at the Twilio conference. I think you've got potential. Keep at it.

robbiet4803• 15 years ago

Thanks for the encouragement, we are going to keep on going with this project.

tomasienrbc• 15 years ago

I control+f'd "accept" on this thread. No results except those asking if the emails were received. I'm thinking maybe acceptances haven't been sent yet.

I got rejected, unsurprisingly. Beside the fact that nobody should expect to be rejected, my project is extremely local and would benefit little from actually BEING in Silicon Valley. Still, I'm sad to miss out on hanging out with other startups and learning from the best.

Bummer dude!

fbuilesv• 15 years ago

Acceptances were sent already :)

rep_movsd• 15 years ago

I think they are sending out rejects first.. got mine :) This is what we are building

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.vtcreator.android3...

Funny one week we get featured by Robert Scoble and next week we get rejected by Ycombinator.

dazbradbury• 15 years ago

If you can make this as amazing as microsoft's photosynth, you'll have a cracking product... All the best.

csjohn• 15 years ago

Rejection received!

Does anyone know what the protocol is on reapplying with the same idea/company? Is it not worth it? or is it possibly even recommended?

robflynn4• 15 years ago

Plenty of folks have applied multiple times before getting accepted.

Sometimes you're "ahead of the market" and they may not yet see the benefit. 6 months from now you are be perfectly positioned.

Other times, they may have simply just missed you in the volume of applications. Or, even in the event that they didn't miss you, sometimes it's still a tough decision. If I'm given the choice between two things I love equally but I can only choose one, that means I have to reject the other even though it is also wonderful.

rogercosseboom2• 15 years ago

That's such a nice way to put that, thanks :)

hansy• 15 years ago

Rejection hurts like hell. Anybody know anything about possible feedback on the application?

somecola2• 15 years ago

Those accepted for interviews are unlikely to announce it.

newchimedes• 15 years ago

Why not? Do they have to sign some confidentiality agreement?

robflynn4• 15 years ago

The most likely reason is their desire to keep their acceptance quiet until they're actually prepared for the press that the announcement would receive.

littlegiantcap• 15 years ago

We just got our rejection. We're building what essentially amounts to a dating site for entrepreneurs and investors.

timothyjcoulter• 15 years ago

CorkboardMe -- also didn't make the cut. But YCombinator isn't the only way build a business, remember that. Good luck everyone!

Find a new way to manage your life: http://corkboard.me

rogercosseboom2• 15 years ago

Are there cases of people who've been rejected w/ an idea and later accepted w/ the same?

ig12• 15 years ago

Yes (once the idea has progressed more)

emile818• 15 years ago

who receive the email? all the co-founders or just the one who applied with his account?

callmeed2• 15 years ago

Applied with Cilantro and got rejected tonight. Actually felt good this round because we've launched and are starting to get some traction (over 100 sign ups already). http://cilantrosites.com

A little depressed but I'll be over it by tomorrow and deploying code again.

atarian• 15 years ago

Haha I love your guys' name.

twog• 15 years ago

Do you have a co-founder? I love the idea, but I think it could really use some good design work/better templates to get to the next level. Drop me a line if you want to get some dialogue going.

robflynn4• 15 years ago

Do you plan to monetize this? (I didn't immediately spot any mention of paid plans, etc.)

aespinoza• 15 years ago

Got rejected as well! Getting ready to start open beta next week. I am building a platform to make it easy for developers to automate tasks in the cloud and its API for mobile apps. http://iknode.com

maxjaderberg• 15 years ago

Rejected here as well with http://www.publsh.me At least I don't have to by a ticket to the US now hah. Have gained around a 1000 members though since applying so can't really get too hung up.

jcharoy• 15 years ago

We did not make it as well...www.geokiwi.com We are in Europe and not incorporated in the US so I presume it is even harder to be selected in that case.

enherring• 15 years ago

Yea. We got rejected for a location-based social network (nvador) on the last go round. Think foursquare for events/things to do.

It gave me and my partner motivation to work on a new project & prove YC wrong (http://thenstimes.com). Building a platform to make searching news with social media more feasible.

Did Y Combinator send out the acceptance/ rejection emails yet?

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