rachellaw

I think they're all pretty bad tbh. They aren't very good at guessing age, and guessing gender is harder especially if you're young or have rounded features.

thanks! We were wondering if it was worth applying.

We went from zero revenue to generating revenue after our old accelerator and was looking into YC to grow now that we had a solid, validated product-market fit.

How much is the bias against startups that have been to other accelerators? What are the benchmarks for progress in those cases?

One the reasons why it took so long (2 months to approval) is there isn't a clear set of rules for success.

When you submit to Play store or Apple store, there's a list of guidelines and checkbox reasons why you get rejected.

With Slack, it's more like having a conversation about making it better, not necessary a fixed set of rules.

It probably didn't help that we submitted in mid-December when most people were already on holiday.

I like the penguin it's cute, but I can't help but think of Microsoft clippy