Ask YC: Missed Opportunites at YC

by lakeeffect on 6/25/2008, 2:17 AM with 7 comments

Everyone knows that Reddit was a really successful Y Combinator Start Up.

Does anyone know of any companies that are really successful that applied, but were not accepted to Y Combinator?

It seems every VC has one, since Y Combinator makes its decisions before the product is built, one would imagine their job would be tougher.

Any insight?

  • by pg on 6/25/2008, 2:39 AM

    I don't know of any so far. There are bound to be eventually, though.

  • by aneesh on 6/25/2008, 8:06 AM

    Well, unless you're hotmail or YouTube, it takes more than 2-3 years to be "really successful". YC has only been around for something like 3 years. Give it some time.

  • by lakeeffect on 6/25/2008, 2:23 AM

    What about other places such as TechCrunch 40?

  • by mattmaroon on 6/25/2008, 7:22 AM

    Google applied to Y Combinator but was rejected.