Have you been one of the lucky and skilful ones invited to the interviews for YC 2009?<p>Please share your excitement and share what you can tell publicly about your project.<p>We're curious even if we're depressed because we didn't make it. :)
Didn't make it but we're still moving forward. I mean, its not like PG and Ycombinator is the ONLY way to make a start-up work. What about those billions of them that came before YC existed?
We didn't make it. We seriously believe we have a strong aplication: experienced people (developers), revenue model, an advanced demo, and already very very good reviews from other people.
I am sure now that YC looks at two things basically:
-a team larger enough to have at least 2 guys working full-time until Demo Day (we had only one)
-younger coders (20-28) at most. We are 29, 31 y.o.<p>If you don't have those two things, you probably didn't make it in this round, since it was more competitive, even if you had a demo and your solution was very interesting.<p>Needless to say, we will move forward faster than ever now.
Most of the negative things I got in life turned out to be positive later if I look backwards. I hope it's true with YC rejection too. :)
How do we know if we made it? I didn't receive any email. Though I did receive a call from a blocked number last night, but I didn't hear it ring and no voice mail was left. Maybe... I doubt it though.