Comment on If all Rejection Letters could be so nice...parentComments−DanielRibeiro14yJust to remind some people:- Damien Katz (creator of CouchDB) was also rejected[1]. He went on and got $2 million from Redpoint Ventures [2]- On this video[3], Jessica Livingston interviews Drew. It shows that he was also rejected the first time he tried out YC.- The oscar of rejected but finally accepted: I got into YC after applying six times [4]- Peteris Krumins also got rejected with his browserling idea, got rejected[5], and went on to raise his own seed funding[6].[1] http://damienkatz.net/2006/11/how_not_to_pitc.html[2] http://damienkatz.net/2009/12/relaxed_inc.html[3] http://ycombinator.posterous.com/dropbox-interview-now-onlin...[4] http://iamwil.posterous.com/i-got-into-yc-after-applying-six...[5] http://www.catonmat.net/blog/launching-browserling/[6] http://www.catonmat.net/blog/how-i-raised-money-for-browserl...
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Just to remind some people:
- Damien Katz (creator of CouchDB) was also rejected[1]. He went on and got $2 million from Redpoint Ventures [2]
- On this video[3], Jessica Livingston interviews Drew. It shows that he was also rejected the first time he tried out YC.
- The oscar of rejected but finally accepted: I got into YC after applying six times [4]
- Peteris Krumins also got rejected with his browserling idea, got rejected[5], and went on to raise his own seed funding[6].
[1] http://damienkatz.net/2006/11/how_not_to_pitc.html
[2] http://damienkatz.net/2009/12/relaxed_inc.html
[3] http://ycombinator.posterous.com/dropbox-interview-now-onlin...
[4] http://iamwil.posterous.com/i-got-into-yc-after-applying-six...
[5] http://www.catonmat.net/blog/launching-browserling/
[6] http://www.catonmat.net/blog/how-i-raised-money-for-browserl...