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I was accepted into the beta a little over a month after I applied.
Are you referring to getting accepted into the beta or completing all the various forms for your company? I've been accepted to the beta, and the landing page says:

"After you submit the application, we will send you the documents to review and sign within a day or two. Your company and bank account will generally be set up within a week of submitting the signed documents."

I have yet to submit my forms, but I was under the impression the process would be relatively quick.

Re:Ask HN: Share your startup/project ideas on Friday May 20, 2016 @12:25AM (#11735531)
A couple ones on my list:

Distraction blocker — Chrome extension that helps you block distracting parts of websites (such as the Youtube home page). Sort of a generalized version of Kill News Feed, which blocks the Facebook news feed.

Blue Apron for Hobbies — Helps you adopt a hobby with less of an overhead and research requirement. Bundles up the necessary equipment and information to help you learn the skill, sending you a weekly package and linking to instructional videos.

Lie detection app — See if you can detect lies using computer vision (more of a research project, not sure if it's possible)

Yelp for Github — Chrome extension that lets you rate and view ratings of Github repositories (beyond just the number of stars and forks that Github shows)

Rock climbing app — App that overlays various rock climbing routes onto an image of a rock face using computer vision.

Re:Companies Overspend on Marketing, Underspend on Product on Tuesday March 08, 2016 @11:50AM (#11246459)
That's probably true. However, this is one company that has really nailed product from the get-go. I’ve tried numerous other analytics platforms and I couldn’t be happier with their service.