What happens to the YC applications after rejected?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45554

by eusman • 19 years ago

7 12 19 years ago

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Is there any change they are sold to 3rd parties?

brett• 19 years ago

I'm going with definitely no.

edit - From the app itself:

We don't make any formal promise about secrecy, but we don't plan to let anyone outside Y Combinator see these applications, including other startups we fund.

pg• 19 years ago

right

staunch• 19 years ago

If you think ideas can be sold I'd be happy to sell you some great ones at very reasonable prices.

Alex3917• 19 years ago

"I lose money every time I have a new idea, but I make it up in aggregate."

eusman• 19 years ago

many people try to pass the concept that "ideas are cheap". Yes, they don't worth anything without good execution. But, lets get serious. No matter how anyone want us to believe, good ideas are not cheap and giving birth to good ideas comes after struggle and effort.

bsaunder• 19 years ago

I agree, the idea may be insight to the creativity of the start-up, but it's the implemenation and execution that will make or break it. That's why (taken from app):

"your idea is important too, but mainly as evidence that you can have good ideas. Most successful startups change their idea substantially.

We're more likely to fund people we know are smart..."

It's the people that are smart, creative and determined that will do well (IMHO).

As has been said before, if you don't think you can win the race against someone else with the same idea, that's not very promising for you. You need more confidence (but not blindingly so), skill and determination to succeed.

palish2• 19 years ago

They're given to your closest competitors. Haven't you heard of Competitor Day? You'd better keep your idea to yourself.

ivankirigin• 19 years ago

I thought this was going to be a thread about what people do to continue their StartUp after they are rejected. It could have been an inspirational story about striving through rejection and building something good.

Sigh

palish2• 19 years ago

I agree. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45619 :)

altano• 19 years ago

Well in the case of my application, the submitter of that application, namely me, went on to live a meaningless existence.

rms• 19 years ago

Welcome to the real world?

limeade• 19 years ago

Don't go mistaking paradise for that home across the road!

What happens to the YC applications after rejected?

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