Ask HN: Are there successful startups that have been rejected by YC?

6 points by Michael_Sieb 5 years ago | 3 comments

rl1987 5 years ago |

Buffer. https://buffer.com/resources/buffers-y-combinator-applicatio...

Michael_Sieb 5 years ago | |

That's a good example!

jklein11 5 years ago |

I have no data to back this up but my intuition is that there are more successful start ups that have been rejected by YC than successful startups that have been accepted to YC. Of course this is going to wildly depend on your metrics for success.