i can see where he is coming from with this statement. I recently got knocked back from a goverment backed startup program here in ireland which i had my heart set on from i first heard about the programme at the start of this year.
I had two ideas i was looking to develop and i went with the one i thought had the most potential and the one i was most interested in, even disscussed it with the people who had to goverment tender to manage the program.
They where looking for great things such as exportable and high potential amongst other things. My idea really did tick all the boxes but as i filled out the application form, it was a far way from what they where looking for and for that i didnt make the interview stages.
But now im at the stage where i can demo one of the ideas at a local barcamp next week and im quite happy to move on a prove some people wrong who didn t believe my idea ticked certain boxes.
And yes i will be applying for ycombinator with my other idea which i have deemed more YC-esque
I had two ideas i was looking to develop and i went with the one i thought had the most potential and the one i was most interested in, even disscussed it with the people who had to goverment tender to manage the program.
They where looking for great things such as exportable and high potential amongst other things. My idea really did tick all the boxes but as i filled out the application form, it was a far way from what they where looking for and for that i didnt make the interview stages.
But now im at the stage where i can demo one of the ideas at a local barcamp next week and im quite happy to move on a prove some people wrong who didn t believe my idea ticked certain boxes.
And yes i will be applying for ycombinator with my other idea which i have deemed more YC-esque