I’ve applied not less than 7 times to YC. Rejected every time.
Some of our customers are multi billion dollar companies.
We are profitable, growing and got accepted by their direct competitor.
I still believe YC influence is amazing and I have nothing but respect for all the people involved in the program but I like to remind fellows entrepreneurs that any accelerator is just a tool.
If you want to build something, no amount of rejection will stop you.
Getting backing can be hard, even if your idea is amazing. Often amazing ideas just seem to slip through the cracks. There are plenty of stories of startups that felt like giving up after 99 VC meetings, only to get funding at the 100th one and go on to success.
It's a tough slog, and it takes the founders away from doing the actual work they love, but don't give up. If your idea is good, keep ploughing onwards. I've given up way too easily in the past. It was only once I saw other companies recreate the same idea many years later and then be valued at billions of dollars that I really realized the value of the original idea and the opportunities I'd missed by not dragging myself out of bed to another fundraising meeting.
Some of our customers are multi billion dollar companies.
We are profitable, growing and got accepted by their direct competitor.
I still believe YC influence is amazing and I have nothing but respect for all the people involved in the program but I like to remind fellows entrepreneurs that any accelerator is just a tool.
If you want to build something, no amount of rejection will stop you.
Happy 2022!!