Ask HN: Are there successful startups that have been rejected by YC?

Posted by Michael_Sieb on Friday December 11, 2020 @08:00AM
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Re:Ask HN: Are there successful startups that have been reje... by rl1987 on Saturday December 12, 2020 @02:22PM (#25400732)

Buffer. https://buffer.com/resources/buffers-y-combinator-applicatio...

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Re:Ask HN: Are there successful startups that have been reje... by Michael_Sieb on Sunday December 13, 2020 @12:32PM (#25408254)

That's a good example!

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Re:Ask HN: Are there successful startups that have been reje... by jklein11 on Friday December 11, 2020 @04:46PM (#25391560)

I have no data to back this up but my intuition is that there are more successful start ups that have been rejected by YC than successful startups that have been accepted to YC. Of course this is going to wildly depend on your metrics for success.

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