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jlm382 on Nov 3, 2010 | parent | context | favorite | on: Y Combinator W2011 application (my rejection email...

we learned nothing from our rejections (other than the willpower to withstand rejection), and continued building our product.

I think we didn't get into TechStars because we were still wrapping up school. YC probably would have rejected us too.

jonathanjaeger on Nov 3, 2010 [–]

It was also because you hadn't graduated school yet, if I remember correctly from your interviews (e.g. This Week in Startups).

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