Hi, We've got a reply from Y-combinator - the application was declined. Not really surprising, given the fact that they received 1200 applications and selected maybe 10-15 of them : ) Let's try again at the next round!
Xavier. -------- Forwarded Message -------- From: Y Combinator <[email protected]> Reply-to: "Y Combinator" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: Y Combinator W2011 application Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2010 22:08:04 -0400 We're sorry to say we couldn't accept your proposal for funding. Please don't take it personally. The applications we receive get better every funding cycle, and since there's a limit on the number of startups we can interview in person, we had to turn away a lot of genuinely promising groups. Another reason you shouldn't take this personally is that we know we make lots of mistakes. It's alarming how often the last group to make it over the threshold for interviews ends up being one that we fund. That means there are surely other good groups that fall just below the threshold and that we miss even interviewing. http://ycombinator.com/whynot.html We're trying to get better at this, but it's practically certain that groups we rejected will go on to create successful startups. If you do, we'd appreciate it if you'd send us an email telling us about it; we want to learn from our mistakes. Y Combinator team ============================================== You are on this list because you applied to Y Combinator for the W2011 cycle Unsubscribe [email protected] from this list: http://ycombinator.us1.list-manage.com/unsubscribe?u=5c79e676a4bb62617a98b88c0&id=b90277deba&e=7666355cca&c=578724573b Our mailing address is: Y Combinator 320 Pioneer Way Mountain View, California 94041
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