Ask HN: Has PG ever used an idea from your YC application?

Re:Ask HN: Has PG ever used an idea from your YC application? by damoncali on Sunday November 13, 2011 @09:09PM (#3232495)

I will refrain from commenting on your specific situation, but if you do the math, it seems highly unlikely that YC has not accepted competitors of many, many rejects.

Execution matters. The idea matters. The people matter. The timing matters. Luck matters. It all matters. Don't take it personally.

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Re:Ask HN: Has PG ever used an idea from your YC application? by resdirector on Sunday November 13, 2011 @09:56PM (#3232609)

Agreed 100%.

Am interested to hear some other people's experiences, to see how often it happens etc. lessons learned etc.

(EDIT: and to be honest, there's about 1% of me that does take it personally, in that he loved the idea, but perhaps he wasn't sold that we were the ones to do it)

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Re:Ask HN: Has PG ever used an idea from your YC application? by abbasmehdi on Monday November 14, 2011 @11:12AM (#3234492)

What gives you the idea that he loved the idea and/or something he'd fund?

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Re:Ask HN: Has PG ever used an idea from your YC application? by dholowiski on Monday November 14, 2011 @12:04PM (#3234712)

If you watch the video, I think it's clear that he loved the idea, although he never really said if he'd fund it.

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Re:Ask HN: Has PG ever used an idea from your YC application? by abbasmehdi on Monday November 14, 2011 @05:55PM (#3236082)

From the video it seems like he found a suitable pivot for them, that's about it, the rest are assumptions.

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