[willholloway]

I submitted my application at literally the last minute, and made some big changes at the very end, that resulted in two typos, one being the youtoube video link.

I was majorly bummed when I saw the video link was broken, and that I couldn't make any more edits.

I found a way to get an edit through anyhow, via the embed.ly cached image Submittable uses. By changing the main image on my product demo URL. I emailed the fellowship address and Sam Altman, and was put in touch with the CEO of Submittable, who thanked me for bringing it to his attention.

I was pretty proud of myself for finding a way to route around the damage, and 'hack' the YC application. I looked at it as my own Kobayashi Maru. There was no way to win with stupid typos, but by getting the edit through anyway I was changing the rules of the game, and competing on different terrain where I would stand out.

That's the way I looked at it, and now I'm even more motivated to succeed because I think YC lost out by not choosing me, and I want to prove that :)

I didn't get into YC but I had a lot of fun applying.