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Re:If you applied to YC this cycle, please put your email in... by StavrosK on Tuesday November 02, 2010 @06:22PM (#1862657)
Will rejected applicants also receive emails?
Re:If you applied to YC this cycle, please put your email in... by dawie on Tuesday November 02, 2010 @07:00PM (#1862793)
I got a very nice rejection email last year. Here it is:

We're sorry to say we couldn't accept your proposal for funding.Please don't take it personally. The quality of the applications continues to increase with each cycle, and since there's a limit on the number of interviews we can do, we had to turn away a lot of genuinely promising groups.

Another reason you shouldn't take this personally is that we know we make lots of mistakes. It's alarming how often the last group to make it over the threshold for interviews ends up being one that we fund. That means there are surely other good groups that fall just below the threshold and that we miss even interviewing.

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.

Y Combinator Staff

Re:If you applied to YC this cycle, please put your email in... by twitter_v2 on Tuesday November 02, 2010 @07:25PM (#1862875)
So how did it go go for you post YC? Did you progress? Or did you apply again?
Re:If you applied to YC this cycle, please put your email in... by edanm on Tuesday November 02, 2010 @08:16PM (#1863008)
From his profile:

"I have always been very interested in the startup scene. I have been to startup school twice and applied to YC once with Docley (I didn't get in).

I was working on something cool: http://docley.com.

I am now working on something cooler: http://tabtrick.com/

Re:If you applied to YC this cycle, please put your email in... by trjordan on Tuesday November 02, 2010 @09:15PM (#1863177)
From tabtrick's home:

"It will be simple and easily to do."

You might want to fix that -- typos on the front page aren't flattering!

Re:If you applied to YC this cycle, please put your email in... by dawie on Tuesday November 02, 2010 @11:11PM (#1863469)
Fixed. Thanks for spotting it and mentioning it.
Re:If you applied to YC this cycle, please put your email in... by dawie on Tuesday November 02, 2010 @11:10PM (#1863466)
I didn't apply this year. Looking for a co-founder and just become a partner at my day job.
Re:If you applied to YC this cycle, please put your email in... by twitter_v2 on Tuesday November 02, 2010 @06:31PM (#1862698)
Positive thinking dude!
Re:If you applied to YC this cycle, please put your email in... by StavrosK on Tuesday November 02, 2010 @06:47PM (#1862751)
Dude I'm just worried about all the other guys!
Re:If you applied to YC this cycle, please put your email in... by Harj on Tuesday November 02, 2010 @06:27PM (#1862680)
yes
Re:If you applied to YC this cycle, please put your email in... by frankdenbow on Tuesday November 02, 2010 @10:36PM (#1863368)
Just got mine :)

Still excited to continue working on it, though

Re:If you applied to YC this cycle, please put your email in... by twitter_v2 on Tuesday November 02, 2010 @06:50PM (#1862761)
That's more like it!J Good Luck anyways!
Re:If you applied to YC this cycle, please put your email in... by StavrosK on Tuesday November 02, 2010 @07:20PM (#1862862)
Thank you!