denismars

Very excited to get this off the ground - we've got some big ideas where this can go - ultimately we want to support many use cases, but before we get there we need to battle test it in the market - would love any feedback, and if you want to get involved reach out to me denis at proxy dot co

Like all things in startup life - nothing is easy, everything is hard. To me it sounds like you've given up already.

If you don't have the fire in your belly to overcome challenges, then chances are you probably won't be very good at building a successful company.

"soul crushing", "lottery" are words that people who easily give up use. Where's the fire, where's the ambition?

That's one of the most important things I'm looking for in the founding team when I read applications. I want to see determination, fire in the soul, and an ambition to go out there and make amazing things happen.

A great founding team can take a shitty idea and still make a success out of it, a shitty team can take a great idea and make nothing out of it.

Agree with Kevin, this might encourage the wrong way of thinking when applying for YC.

Average people, that do average things, generally think in terms of the odds "what's my chance of this, or that.." when deciding about things.

Extraordinary people don't care about their chances, they do things because they are determined or obsessed about whatever it is they are doing, and stop at nothing to make it happen. These are the types of people that go on to build great companies and are the types of people YC generally looks for in the applications.

So if you're the type of person that doesn't care about the stats: you should definitely apply!