My Technical Co-Founder Quit 2 Days Before I Got My YC Interview a Year Ago

Congrats on sticking it through! This apparently happens more often than you&#x27;d think. I went through a similar experience a couple years ago: <a href="http://brandonb.cc/what-happened-when-my-co-founder-quit-the-night-before-our-yc-interview" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;brandonb.cc&#x2F;what-happened-when-my-co-founder-quit-the...</a><p>EDIT: I commented before reading the whole thing! Glad the blog post helped. And I&#x27;ll bet your story will in turn help others. :)<p>I&#x27;m really surprised two YC founders gave you advice to throw in the towel. Doesn&#x27;t seem very YC-like. Glad you didn&#x27;t!

I swear there was a comment here earlier--did they delete it? Hey! Any comments? This was my first stab at writing a personal blog post and the most difficult for me. I hope it helps everyone keep their head up!!

Presumably you told your co-founder after his email that you&#x27;ve actually secured $100k in funding.<p>What was his reason for not coming back was financial concerns and general uncertainty? I would imagine $100k would solves both of this issues for most people.

Awesome! Thanks for sharing the story Emmie. Congrats on the success!