That's
right, I received my rejection email, as I like to call them, from Y
Combinator at 1:15 AM. November 5th, 2013. Yes this year
has sucked for me, so why not go out with a big REJECTION! I'm sure 2014 is going to be better.
Truly
I am happy, because I had no chance in HELL of getting into the
best incubator in the country. Still I took the chance, because I
believe in my idea, and who couldn't use some help building their
startup? Especially a long shot solo founder like me.
You
know what, if you are building a startup, a TON of rejections is part
of the deal. Actually I find that I get stronger with each rejection,
and I also believe that with every rejection I get, that in return I
will get two blessing. In fact yesterday my morning email had my
first blessing all ready waiting for me, as if it knew what was
coming down the pipe later.
Yep,
there it was a wonderful email filled with congrats and encouragement
from one of the rising stars in the Photography and Video industry
Joe Morahan. Check out his site, his work will floor you. He was
encouraging me for another reason, nothing to do with Y Combinator.
In fact Mr.Morahan, was also the one who gave me encouragement when
I was first starting out my build, and I had no idea what I was
doing. He is the one who gave me hope, and guidance. It made me feel
so good, that he took the time to congratulate me on a small
achievement I had done for DigiThin. He was able to share in my joy,
because he could see that I had hit a certain milestone, one that he
hit a long time ago. It also brought him joy to be able to share his
kind words with me. So that is blessing number one, I do not know
what blessing number two will be, but I'm looking forward to it.
Now
For all you hundreds and hundreds of other rejected Y Combinator
applicants! Stand Strong, do not feel one bit bad
that you did not make the cut. As hard as it is to not take it
personal, or to think something is wrong with your idea, or that
maybe you are a complete idiot, your not. Your on the right path if
you believe in your idea. In fact we should start our “Rejected
From Y Combinator Wide Spread Incubator club” ourselves. Why not
help each other out? Were all bumping into walls and stumbling down
this path to building our great companies, why do alone? If anyone
wants to start something, we have one thing in common, well two,
Rejected from Y Combinator and were building startups. Email me
jana@digithin.com
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