We applied 1 hour before the deadline. The Justin.tv guys convinced us to apply that night at dinner but we were worried we might have missed the deadline. I asked Justin Kan to ask PG if it was too late. Below is the original email thread. Once he gave the go-ahead, we applied, and the rest is history.
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From: Paul Graham <##########>
Date: Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 5:57 PM
Subject: Re: yc applicant
To: Justin <########>, Jessica Livingston <##########>
Tell them to go to http://news.ycombinator.com/apply2 and apply. They literally have to do it tonight though because we are deciding tomorrow.
Tell them to be concise and to explain how they'll make money; the former is always rare and the latter we're looking more closely at these days.
--pg
On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 8:30 PM, Justin <########> wrote:
Hey PG,
Are the YC applications for the next round completely, 100% closed? There's a company that Mike, Emmett and I have been advising for months that I think would add a lot of value: Airbed and Breakfast (http://airbedandbreakfast.com/). They are basically a CouchSurfing.com for money, where users can list rooms in their houses/apartments for rent to travelers. All of us at JTV are big believers in their business and they've proven that they can knock stuff out and are well on their way to product-market fit (and are making money). Any chance you want to take a look?
Actually it looks like you guys applied not just before the application deadline, but just before we actually made decisions. You can only do that if you know Justin Kan.
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Paul Graham <##########> Date: Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 5:57 PM Subject: Re: yc applicant To: Justin <########>, Jessica Livingston <##########>
Tell them to go to http://news.ycombinator.com/apply2 and apply. They literally have to do it tonight though because we are deciding tomorrow.
Tell them to be concise and to explain how they'll make money; the former is always rare and the latter we're looking more closely at these days.
--pg
On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 8:30 PM, Justin <########> wrote: Hey PG,
Are the YC applications for the next round completely, 100% closed? There's a company that Mike, Emmett and I have been advising for months that I think would add a lot of value: Airbed and Breakfast (http://airbedandbreakfast.com/). They are basically a CouchSurfing.com for money, where users can list rooms in their houses/apartments for rent to travelers. All of us at JTV are big believers in their business and they've proven that they can knock stuff out and are well on their way to product-market fit (and are making money). Any chance you want to take a look?
Justin