Ask HN: YC rejected twice. Why? How can we improve without knowing the reason?

Re:Ask HN: YC rejected twice. Why? How can we improve withou... by nisthana on Monday April 24, 2017 @03:29PM (#14187299)

Thats not true. All the students are real, except the one who did not send her profile picture. I could have left it alone, but she is one of the best student success stories. I did not lie, I can share their emails. Also not sure if you ever ran a company, but many times in business you need to take these risks. You need to work with whatever you have.

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Re:Ask HN: YC rejected twice. Why? How can we improve withou... by closed on Monday April 24, 2017 @03:58PM (#14187615)

It sounds like OP's feedback is not that you shouldn't take risks, but that they think the risks you took may backfire with investors. (Or rather would backfire with OP, an investor, or someone taking that perspective).

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Re:Ask HN: YC rejected twice. Why? How can we improve withou... by smt88 on Monday April 24, 2017 @03:53PM (#14187544)

I've run several businesses. I've never used fake testimonials, which is what I thought you'd done by reverse image searching the first picture.

I'm sorry for jumping to conclusions based on the first image!

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Re:Ask HN: YC rejected twice. Why? How can we improve withou... by jetti on Monday April 24, 2017 @04:27PM (#14187970)

You may want to proof read your testimonials again. The testimonial from Leah has two different surnames. She is called "Leah Smith" and then "Leah Remini".

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