7 Rejections - Hackdot

Re:7 Rejections by staunch on Sunday July 12, 2015 @05:35PM (#9875069)

It's likely that Paul Graham directly and enthusiastically introduced them to the VCs, which obliged them to respond with a semi-coherent rejection. That's what the Fred Wilson rejection was like anyway: http://www.paulgraham.com/airbnb.html

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Re:7 Rejections by dang on Sunday July 12, 2015 @05:55PM (#9875137)

This was before that. Interviews for W09 were in November 2008 IIRC.

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Re:7 Rejections by staunch on Sunday July 12, 2015 @06:04PM (#9875174)

You're right. That makes a lot more sense, especially the $1.5M valuation. I missed the first line about Michael Siebel introducing them. Given his YC affiliation, it probably had a similar effect.

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Re:7 Rejections by vlad on Sunday July 12, 2015 @06:44PM (#9875319)

I think that's also wrong. Michael wasn't a YC partner at the time; he joined Justin.tv as CEO after Justin and Emmett got into YC again after selling their calendar app to Tucows or similar on eBay.

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Re:7 Rejections by staunch on Sunday July 12, 2015 @06:54PM (#9875345)

I did not say partner. He was a YC founder for years prior. He got Airbnb their YC interview. Let's drop this really boring thread ;-P

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