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dsugarman on March 26, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Fear of Rejection when Applying to Y Combinator

Didn't notice an author name on the blog post. I think you should and will get rejected many many times early on, and for us I believe it helped us get in to YC because rejection hardened the team and refined the pitch.

esharef on March 26, 2014 [–]

Hey, this is Elli from HireArt. I'm the author of the piece. Agreed that rejection actually helps you get closer to your team and figure out what you're really building

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