[founder4fun]

Hmmm I was rejected this past April and then sent a reply back saying something like your loss.

Miraculously a week later I was invited out to Silicon Valley to demo our novel tech, though not to Y Combinator but one the biggest tech firms out there. Not sure how that happened ... people talk, I guess.

So if you don't get in to Y or others I say send a reply making them doubt their decision. This worked for me this past April and more so in 2008 when I was accepted into another popular incubator program.

[hackinthebochs]

I'm going to go out on a limb and say that sour grapes probably had no bearing on your further success.

[founder4fun]

No sour grapes here!

Being courted by one of the biggest tech firms two months into developing our technology was and always be a huge win for my team and I!

[laureny]

> Hmmm I was rejected this past April and then sent a reply back saying something like your loss.

Not exactly an attitude that will impress VC's, and you'd be surprised at how small a world high tech is.

[baddox]

Did you read the whole comment? His whole point is that the email did seem to impress at least someone, and word did get out about his company, and that it was a good thing.