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17 Dec 2020 Acquired Special: Acquired x Indie Hackers
“I got rejected once and I got an email from Paul Graham and he was like, I think you could have done this better.”
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- 17 Dec 2020
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…Had Dropbox already gone through YC at this point? At some point during when I was in college, Dropbox went through. Dropbox is also an MIT startup, so everybody on campus had a bunch of free Dropbox codes. We have a ton of free space and everybody knew their story. It’s a lot of positive encouragement there as well. You want to apply to YC? Everybody knows what that is and thinks it's cool to just apply even if you get rejected. I got rejected once and I got an email from Paul Graham and he was like, I think you could have done this better. I remember showing that email to my friends, so proud that PG responded to me. What were some of the ideas you're applying with?…
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