If you applied to YC this cycle, please put your email address in your profile

275 pointsby pgvor 15 Jahren35 comments

Tonight we're going to email everyone who applied for summer 2011. We use the email address in the email field of the HN account used to apply. So if you applied, please check that you have a working email address (not foobar AT gmail.com) in the email field of your profile.

(That field is not publicly visible, as you can see if you try logging out and looking at your profile.)

39 comments

rottencupcakesvor 15 Jahren

If you want to live chat about applications and acceptances with prior YC founders and other applicants, you can do so in the Convore (a YC W2011 company)

https://convore.com/yc-s11-apps/

pgvor 15 Jahren

I'm there intermittently answering questions.

blazervor 15 Jahren

alexsb92vor 15 Jahren

While the group chat with a whole bunch of people who applied and are waiting for responses is here: http://wompt.com/chat/yc

chrischenvor 15 Jahren

https://convore.com/yc-s11-apps/answer-accepted-rejected-wai...

JoshKalkbrennervor 15 Jahren

Nice!

bmeltonvor 15 Jahren

Better -- just put your email address in your 'about' section as well. If not, you are probably missing out on contact from other HNers.

hoagvor 15 Jahren

Agreed. In fact, I just list all my most important contact info: LinkedIn, email, twitter, even Quora and our startup's FB page.

phluxvor 15 Jahren

Heh - yep. I had a guy who had to track me down via whois on a domain name I put in a comment because I didn't have my email anywhere...

abtinfvor 15 Jahren

You can also chat about applications over at the wompt chat room - we've been going strong all night!

http://wompt.com/chat/yc

619Cloudvor 15 Jahren

I prefer this chat interface over convore.

kingsidharthvor 15 Jahren

At least it's readable. Convore hurts my eyes =/

[deleted]vor 15 Jahren

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chrismanfrankvor 15 Jahren

They will send all the emails at once "something this evening CA time".

source: https://convore.com/yc-s11-apps/high-school-students-that-ap...

gumbovor 15 Jahren

i Guess i need to go home and have some sleep (already 9pm). Can't stay there waiting for that email. I guess, i'll wake up in the night to work on the product: a way to say to myself, getting the interview is not the end, finishing those damn map-reduce jobs is :-)

astrofinchvor 15 Jahren

Has the idea of adding a field to the application itself for a founder's email address already been discussed?

issavor 15 Jahren

I think this way it is an application test in its own right. (double checking my own account before hitting 'reply')

astrofinchvor 15 Jahren

Only obsessive HN readers who see PG's post will get funded? :P

arvinjoarvor 15 Jahren

They do tell applicants to check HN daily in the instructions.

astrofinchvor 15 Jahren

Fair enough.

kirillzubovskyvor 15 Jahren

My co-founder (@peterkchen) and I ended up building a private prototype over the last two weeks, in case we get an interview, but after working on it all last night and crafting a bunch of cool new ideas, I am pretty confident that we are going full speed forward either way. Being with YC would just help to be make the product even better. Alright, we'll know soon enough where the road goes. Good luck folks!

cdrvor 15 Jahren

pg: Can you add a note to the profile settings page that the email field isn't publicly visible? This still confuses people all the time.

pgvor 15 Jahren

There is a message that says that if the email field is empty.

cdrvor 15 Jahren

I kind of suspect people fill the field in and then forget about that, though.

prayagvor 15 Jahren

The letters have started coming in. Good luck to everyone. :)

lienvor 15 Jahren

Hi, I just realized there's a question to our application that I didn't see until now. I just responded to it and also emailed Harj. Thanks lien

nkassisvor 15 Jahren

It would be cool to have an in HN messaging system. I know it's a lot to ask :) Just a proposal.

IsaacLvor 15 Jahren

I believe there's a secret messaging system only available to founders accepted by YC.

anateusvor 15 Jahren

there's also a pool on the roof

DarrenLymanvor 15 Jahren

Thanks for the follow up post pg, we are looking forward to hearing from you!

josselindvor 15 Jahren

i still didn't get the email...anyone same ?

deosaa7vor 15 Jahren

ah, slightly nervous that pg & co. have had no questions regarding us. ah well - the anticipation builds.

[deleted]vor 15 Jahren

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gihanvor 15 Jahren

[email protected]

_3ex7vor 15 Jahren

I have a feeling this guy will make it

rosenjonvor 15 Jahren

even at MIT.....