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Random memory: being rejected from YC startup school and then being accepted 🤣

Like YC AI startup school now, back then you had to apply to startup school. You also got paired with a mentor - a yc founder - who would help you for 12 weeks. We got very lucky with our mentor who pushed us incredibly hard, and we got in the summer after

Random memory: being rejected from YC startup school and then being accepted 🤣

Like YC AI startup school now, back then you had to apply to startup school. You also got paired with a mentor - a yc founder - who would help you for 12 weeks. We got very lucky with our mentor who pushed us incredibly hard, and we got in the summer after

https://www.siliconhillsnews.com/2018/08/20/y-combinator-informs-15000-startups-youre-in-youre-out-youre-all-accepted-to-startup-school/

🕯️They/them. Scaled cos from 0-$300k in arr, 7-35 employees, 0-100k users. Now I make candles that give people love, joy, and delight at humankind.place

Funny how a "no" can turn into the best thing later. 
The right mentor at the right time changes everything.