Ask HN: YC applications are up. Did you submit?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3774295

by davidedicillo • 14 years ago

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collint2• 14 years ago

Yes. We just decided to submit today, and finished our video about 7 minutes before the deadline.

somecola3• 14 years ago

I find making videos brutal! We get so focused on not screwing it up that we screw it up!

collint2• 14 years ago

did you watch the samples? They seemed pretty low key

somecola3• 14 years ago

Just decided to apply 40 minutes ago. Submitted with 2 minutes to spare. Liberating to not over think it. Good practice in any case.

taskstrike• 14 years ago

Submitted our app. Hope they look at our demo more than our video, lol. We're not telegenic people.

jordhy• 14 years ago

Submitted. At the very. Last. Minute.

adamnemecek• 14 years ago

Same here :-).

quanfucius• 14 years ago

Me too...

rr359• 14 years ago

Submitted and hoping for the best!

seancoughlin• 14 years ago

We submitted! Stoked.

sample_123• 14 years ago

Would submitting at 8:01 mark the application as late?

aerosmile• 14 years ago

Not sure. We submitted before 8, but the resubmit link was available well past 8 (and still is now 2 hours later). I guess the safest approach would be not to touch the application after the deadline, but if something's missing in there, it might be worth the risk.

BobertK• 14 years ago

Yep. Two weeks ago. Had a great time making the video.

pg_bot• 14 years ago

Yep submitted the final version today and saved a copy to google docs for reference.

euskode• 14 years ago

Sure did. Got ours in a couple of days ago. So excited! And I agree, our video could have been so much better. There are three of us and unfortunately we couldn't be together for the filming, which makes it look even funkier.

tylermenezes• 14 years ago

Submitted early yesterday, after revising it in a Google Doc for a while. Then spent the last day continuing to work on our web app. This is going to happen; whether YC is a part of it is now out of our hands.

ryanjodonnell• 14 years ago

Submitted a few days ago, video took way to long to make! My co-founders and I are all in different locations across the world so we had to use a screen recorder to capture a Google+ Hangout lol

fiyamanabq• 14 years ago

Just got mine in today. Had a crazy problem with submitting the video, hope we made the deadline. Just glad I finally found the stones to actually apply.

kappaknight• 14 years ago

We submitted today too... Hoping for the best. =)

Achshar• 14 years ago

I skipped this time. had some other job at hand. But i will next time :)

ShirsenduK• 14 years ago

We also applied today. Hoping for the best.

raulandrisan• 14 years ago

Submitted ours last week. Thought we'd make changes but guess it's perfect now :)

shepbook• 14 years ago

I'm curious to know how many are one-person founders.

grigoryrudko• 14 years ago

We did - with Photo Time Machine - http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/732431717/photo-time-mac...

aDemoUzer• 14 years ago

Submitted as a lone founder with no-idea - I probably have like 2.3% chance :p

jerryji• 14 years ago

Why did so many people submit literally at the last minute? Did you choose to do so or was forced?

enricapq• 14 years ago

some days ago

brianmac• 14 years ago

Yup! Was a great process trying to cut the thing down (easy when your excited to blabber on). Also died laughing making the video. See what happens next, "IF YOUR GOING TO SAN FRANCISCO..."

baruag• 14 years ago

Submitted :) As someone mentioned on this thread. It definitely helped us think through our idea and communicate it in a concise manner. The biggest take-away for us was : Simplify + Simplify + Simplify = Amplify

helen842000• 14 years ago

I wanted to, but I didn't. I didn't want to add an average application to the pile. I'll keep working on it for next time :)

magnusgraviti• 14 years ago

I have submitted but found that people I started with aren't so interested in something other than just work. So I am one of those submitting as a 1 man behind the project.

So I decided to work alone for now.

Simplify -> Amplify was really great to improve my project.

davidedicillo• 14 years ago

I was very tempted, but since the idea is still so fresh (1 week old) we decided to hold it until next round :)

badboyblue1• 14 years ago

We held off submitting for W12 as we would have submitted late and instead submitted early for S12 hopefully we make it this round...

Ask HN: YC applications are up. Did you submit?

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