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by graphene 4251 days ago
I can't find a source for LightSail having been rejected from YC, the linked reference is just a crunchbase entry that doesn't mention YC as investors.

I'd be super interested to know more about this, since LightSail seems like exactly the type of company (and founder) that YC says it wants to fund: Working in a RFS domain (energy), massive potential upside, and founder with considerable domain expertise.
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ig1 4250 days ago
IIRC it was in 2008 when YC was in a very different position from what it is now.
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graphene 4250 days ago
That seems to have been a web startup, see http://daniellefong.com/2008/04/11/one-response-to-rejection...

Still food for thought that YC would reject a founder so obviously good (although perhaps not obviously then) as DaniFong..

I wonder if getting rejected was one of the reasons for her to start working on something more "zero to one", and closer to her area of expertise?

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