Re:If you're applying this cycle: How to Apply to Y Combinator
by bloodcarter on Thursday March 10, 2011 @02:51PM
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Yes, it's successful and I also managed to negotiate a partnership with IKEA. A unique experience! I did all that just to be able one day to return to my startup. We've been featured on ReadWriteWeb and 400+ ppl have subscribed for our beta, but this achievement was not helpful when my co-founders decided to quit...Looking back I can say that although I learned a lot running construction business, that was a mistake. And I want to fix it now. I would be happy if YC will review my application having in mind who is the person behind it.
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Re:If you're applying this cycle: How to Apply to Y Combinator
by pclark on Thursday March 10, 2011 @03:29PM
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You ran a construction company and grew it to $500k in revenue? Dude, I hope you literally spelt that out repeatedly in your YC application. :)
Re:If you're applying this cycle: How to Apply to Y Combinator
by bloodcarter on Friday March 11, 2011 @06:20AM
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Yes, I hacked supply chain and wrote several pieces of software, and now our profit margin is around 40% of total project estimate. While it's still below the market for the customers.